diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4xdr.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4xdr.c
index 3268a23935123204f75f0d3e61ec4bb1c9941818..f0369e36275341404db0684aebb4e9bdba273205 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4xdr.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4xdr.c
@@ -2514,7 +2514,7 @@ static void nfs4_xdr_enc_getacl(struct rpc_rqst *req, struct xdr_stream *xdr,
 	encode_compound_hdr(xdr, req, &hdr);
 	encode_sequence(xdr, &args->seq_args, &hdr);
 	encode_putfh(xdr, args->fh, &hdr);
-	replen = hdr.replen + op_decode_hdr_maxsz + 1;
+	replen = hdr.replen + op_decode_hdr_maxsz;
 	encode_getattr_two(xdr, FATTR4_WORD0_ACL, 0, &hdr);
 
 	xdr_inline_pages(&req->rq_rcv_buf, replen << 2,