diff --git a/fs/nfs/flexfilelayout/flexfilelayout.c b/fs/nfs/flexfilelayout/flexfilelayout.c
index e0fe9a0f1bf186b157f6a208947e85e7a467d7f9..81843dd8b0ee94715a25c984397496b90b508a9a 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/flexfilelayout/flexfilelayout.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/flexfilelayout/flexfilelayout.c
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ static int decode_nfs_fh(struct xdr_stream *xdr, struct nfs_fh *fh)
 	if (unlikely(!p))
 		return -ENOBUFS;
 	fh->size = be32_to_cpup(p++);
-	if (fh->size > sizeof(struct nfs_fh)) {
+	if (fh->size > NFS_MAXFHSIZE) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "NFS flexfiles: Too big fh received %d\n",
 		       fh->size);
 		return -EOVERFLOW;