diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c
index 6851b003f2a431455e4c7aa1bf3e78d9df4eaa14..8f029db5d271d6c77e6bf22a3cf3e3924ce27f08 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c
@@ -617,15 +617,6 @@ nfsd4_create(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct nfsd4_compound_state *cstate,
 
 	switch (create->cr_type) {
 	case NF4LNK:
-		/* ugh! we have to null-terminate the linktext, or
-		 * vfs_symlink() will choke.  it is always safe to
-		 * null-terminate by brute force, since at worst we
-		 * will overwrite the first byte of the create namelen
-		 * in the XDR buffer, which has already been extracted
-		 * during XDR decode.
-		 */
-		create->cr_linkname[create->cr_linklen] = 0;
-
 		status = nfsd_symlink(rqstp, &cstate->current_fh,
 				      create->cr_name, create->cr_namelen,
 				      create->cr_linkname, create->cr_linklen,
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c
index 83baf2bfe9e9c54642c738435fc771704c9fec3d..2fc7abebeb9b97e4192f04311f06752c4de92d79 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c
@@ -600,7 +600,18 @@ nfsd4_decode_create(struct nfsd4_compoundargs *argp, struct nfsd4_create *create
 		READ_BUF(4);
 		create->cr_linklen = be32_to_cpup(p++);
 		READ_BUF(create->cr_linklen);
-		SAVEMEM(create->cr_linkname, create->cr_linklen);
+		/*
+		 * The VFS will want a null-terminated string, and
+		 * null-terminating in place isn't safe since this might
+		 * end on a page boundary:
+		 */
+		create->cr_linkname =
+				kmalloc(create->cr_linklen + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (!create->cr_linkname)
+			return nfserr_jukebox;
+		memcpy(create->cr_linkname, p, create->cr_linklen);
+		create->cr_linkname[create->cr_linklen] = '\0';
+		defer_free(argp, kfree, create->cr_linkname);
 		break;
 	case NF4BLK:
 	case NF4CHR:
@@ -3267,7 +3278,7 @@ nfsd4_encode_readlink(struct nfsd4_compoundres *resp, __be32 nfserr, struct nfsd
 
 	wire_count = htonl(maxcount);
 	write_bytes_to_xdr_buf(xdr->buf, length_offset, &wire_count, 4);
-	xdr_truncate_encode(xdr, length_offset + 4 + maxcount);
+	xdr_truncate_encode(xdr, length_offset + 4 + ALIGN(maxcount, 4));
 	if (maxcount & 3)
 		write_bytes_to_xdr_buf(xdr->buf, length_offset + 4 + maxcount,
 						&zero, 4 - (maxcount&3));