diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xdr.c b/net/sunrpc/xdr.c
index c4f3cc0c07752e3fbbe8e72316f2203a065e1646..b8444860edf50e6a00fb95fcaf969bd03aae172a 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xdr.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xdr.c
@@ -859,12 +859,15 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(xdr_set_scratch_buffer);
 static __be32 *xdr_copy_to_scratch(struct xdr_stream *xdr, size_t nbytes)
 {
 	__be32 *p;
-	void *cpdest = xdr->scratch.iov_base;
+	char *cpdest = xdr->scratch.iov_base;
 	size_t cplen = (char *)xdr->end - (char *)xdr->p;
 
 	if (nbytes > xdr->scratch.iov_len)
 		return NULL;
-	memcpy(cpdest, xdr->p, cplen);
+	p = __xdr_inline_decode(xdr, cplen);
+	if (p == NULL)
+		return NULL;
+	memcpy(cpdest, p, cplen);
 	cpdest += cplen;
 	nbytes -= cplen;
 	if (!xdr_set_next_buffer(xdr))