diff --git a/fs/nfs/inode.c b/fs/nfs/inode.c
index e64867eec8957a49d49ebdb7ccd2a79304c50927..2fe6657a5048e3b6ca0c00caff994d9abdf2ac88 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/inode.c
@@ -393,8 +393,8 @@ int
 nfs_setattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *attr)
 {
 	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
-	struct nfs_fattr fattr;
-	int error;
+	struct nfs_fattr *fattr;
+	int error = -ENOMEM;
 
 	nfs_inc_stats(inode, NFSIOS_VFSSETATTR);
 
@@ -417,14 +417,20 @@ nfs_setattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *attr)
 		filemap_write_and_wait(inode->i_mapping);
 		nfs_wb_all(inode);
 	}
+
+	fattr = nfs_alloc_fattr();
+	if (fattr == NULL)
+		goto out;
 	/*
 	 * Return any delegations if we're going to change ACLs
 	 */
 	if ((attr->ia_valid & (ATTR_MODE|ATTR_UID|ATTR_GID)) != 0)
 		nfs_inode_return_delegation(inode);
-	error = NFS_PROTO(inode)->setattr(dentry, &fattr, attr);
+	error = NFS_PROTO(inode)->setattr(dentry, fattr, attr);
 	if (error == 0)
-		nfs_refresh_inode(inode, &fattr);
+		nfs_refresh_inode(inode, fattr);
+	nfs_free_fattr(fattr);
+out:
 	return error;
 }