diff --git a/fs/nfs/filelayout/filelayout.c b/fs/nfs/filelayout/filelayout.c
index e5a3c5b1398f9fee75f0be1badf070314ca27daf..bfa8547eb2d660666db98d00f9bde43a9af22090 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/filelayout/filelayout.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/filelayout/filelayout.c
@@ -501,8 +501,9 @@ filelayout_read_pagelist(struct nfs_pgio_header *hdr)
 	hdr->mds_offset = offset;
 
 	/* Perform an asynchronous read to ds */
-	nfs_initiate_pgio(ds_clnt, hdr, NFS_PROTO(hdr->inode),
-			    &filelayout_read_call_ops, 0, RPC_TASK_SOFTCONN);
+	nfs_initiate_pgio(ds_clnt, hdr, hdr->cred,
+			  NFS_PROTO(hdr->inode), &filelayout_read_call_ops,
+			  0, RPC_TASK_SOFTCONN);
 	return PNFS_ATTEMPTED;
 }
 
@@ -542,9 +543,9 @@ filelayout_write_pagelist(struct nfs_pgio_header *hdr, int sync)
 	hdr->args.offset = filelayout_get_dserver_offset(lseg, offset);
 
 	/* Perform an asynchronous write */
-	nfs_initiate_pgio(ds_clnt, hdr, NFS_PROTO(hdr->inode),
-				    &filelayout_write_call_ops, sync,
-				    RPC_TASK_SOFTCONN);
+	nfs_initiate_pgio(ds_clnt, hdr, hdr->cred,
+			  NFS_PROTO(hdr->inode), &filelayout_write_call_ops,
+			  sync, RPC_TASK_SOFTCONN);
 	return PNFS_ATTEMPTED;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/nfs/internal.h b/fs/nfs/internal.h
index 98dee834e9d6396a2ebc4afd46acdd3e59d809df..e9305e98b78218b1e7b1d5cf4effd79bab10288c 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/internal.h
+++ b/fs/nfs/internal.h
@@ -250,9 +250,9 @@ struct nfs_pgio_header *nfs_pgio_header_alloc(const struct nfs_rw_ops *);
 void nfs_pgio_header_free(struct nfs_pgio_header *);
 void nfs_pgio_data_destroy(struct nfs_pgio_header *);
 int nfs_generic_pgio(struct nfs_pageio_descriptor *, struct nfs_pgio_header *);
-int nfs_initiate_pgio(struct rpc_clnt *, struct nfs_pgio_header *,
-		      const struct nfs_rpc_ops *,
-		      const struct rpc_call_ops *, int, int);
+int nfs_initiate_pgio(struct rpc_clnt *clnt, struct nfs_pgio_header *hdr,
+		      struct rpc_cred *cred, const struct nfs_rpc_ops *rpc_ops,
+		      const struct rpc_call_ops *call_ops, int how, int flags);
 void nfs_free_request(struct nfs_page *req);
 
 static inline void nfs_iocounter_init(struct nfs_io_counter *c)
diff --git a/fs/nfs/pagelist.c b/fs/nfs/pagelist.c
index 35a2626a6922d11e11c5a60018630b14ca55e9a0..c4d175829880ebea6f484210eea24d7907bcbddc 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/pagelist.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/pagelist.c
@@ -597,14 +597,14 @@ static void nfs_pgio_prepare(struct rpc_task *task, void *calldata)
 }
 
 int nfs_initiate_pgio(struct rpc_clnt *clnt, struct nfs_pgio_header *hdr,
-		      const struct nfs_rpc_ops *rpc_ops,
+		      struct rpc_cred *cred, const struct nfs_rpc_ops *rpc_ops,
 		      const struct rpc_call_ops *call_ops, int how, int flags)
 {
 	struct rpc_task *task;
 	struct rpc_message msg = {
 		.rpc_argp = &hdr->args,
 		.rpc_resp = &hdr->res,
-		.rpc_cred = hdr->cred,
+		.rpc_cred = cred,
 	};
 	struct rpc_task_setup task_setup_data = {
 		.rpc_client = clnt,
@@ -793,7 +793,9 @@ static int nfs_generic_pg_pgios(struct nfs_pageio_descriptor *desc)
 	ret = nfs_generic_pgio(desc, hdr);
 	if (ret == 0)
 		ret = nfs_initiate_pgio(NFS_CLIENT(hdr->inode),
-					hdr, NFS_PROTO(hdr->inode),
+					hdr,
+					hdr->cred,
+					NFS_PROTO(hdr->inode),
 					desc->pg_rpc_callops,
 					desc->pg_ioflags, 0);
 	return ret;