diff --git a/include/linux/sunrpc/svc.h b/include/linux/sunrpc/svc.h
index eec04982a7ea355dcefebeeb7d8488aa56c4e2e8..a3f8af9bd543e4c117f95178662f971363df16e3 100644
--- a/include/linux/sunrpc/svc.h
+++ b/include/linux/sunrpc/svc.h
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ struct svc_rqst {
 	size_t			rq_xprt_hlen;	/* xprt header len */
 	struct xdr_buf		rq_arg;
 	struct xdr_buf		rq_res;
-	struct page *		rq_pages[RPCSVC_MAXPAGES];
+	struct page		*rq_pages[RPCSVC_MAXPAGES + 1];
 	struct page *		*rq_respages;	/* points into rq_pages */
 	struct page *		*rq_next_page; /* next reply page to use */
 	struct page *		*rq_page_end;  /* one past the last page */
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c b/net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c
index 7bfe1fb42addcd41b00d297b85e2009d711b6f15..d16a8b423c20b613fa2bf8b8fbbd87b5ecb95033 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c
@@ -659,11 +659,13 @@ static int svc_alloc_arg(struct svc_rqst *rqstp)
 	int i;
 
 	/* now allocate needed pages.  If we get a failure, sleep briefly */
-	pages = (serv->sv_max_mesg + PAGE_SIZE) / PAGE_SIZE;
-	WARN_ON_ONCE(pages >= RPCSVC_MAXPAGES);
-	if (pages >= RPCSVC_MAXPAGES)
+	pages = (serv->sv_max_mesg + 2 * PAGE_SIZE) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
+	if (pages > RPCSVC_MAXPAGES) {
+		pr_warn_once("svc: warning: pages=%u > RPCSVC_MAXPAGES=%lu\n",
+			     pages, RPCSVC_MAXPAGES);
 		/* use as many pages as possible */
-		pages = RPCSVC_MAXPAGES - 1;
+		pages = RPCSVC_MAXPAGES;
+	}
 	for (i = 0; i < pages ; i++)
 		while (rqstp->rq_pages[i] == NULL) {
 			struct page *p = alloc_page(GFP_KERNEL);