diff --git a/fs/nfs/blocklayout/blocklayoutdm.c b/fs/nfs/blocklayout/blocklayoutdm.c
index 737d839bc17b5aa0ae58e5350a235af1f8adfb2b..6fc7b5cae92bf6526bee07696f12977322f2cb5e 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/blocklayout/blocklayoutdm.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/blocklayout/blocklayoutdm.c
@@ -55,7 +55,8 @@ static void dev_remove(struct net *net, dev_t dev)
 
 	bl_pipe_msg.bl_wq = &nn->bl_wq;
 	memset(msg, 0, sizeof(*msg));
-	msg->data = kzalloc(1 + sizeof(bl_umount_request), GFP_NOFS);
+	msg->len = sizeof(bl_msg) + bl_msg.totallen;
+	msg->data = kzalloc(msg->len, GFP_NOFS);
 	if (!msg->data)
 		goto out;
 
@@ -66,7 +67,6 @@ static void dev_remove(struct net *net, dev_t dev)
 	memcpy(msg->data, &bl_msg, sizeof(bl_msg));
 	dataptr = (uint8_t *) msg->data;
 	memcpy(&dataptr[sizeof(bl_msg)], &bl_umount_request, sizeof(bl_umount_request));
-	msg->len = sizeof(bl_msg) + bl_msg.totallen;
 
 	add_wait_queue(&nn->bl_wq, &wq);
 	if (rpc_queue_upcall(nn->bl_device_pipe, msg) < 0) {