diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs3xdr.c b/fs/nfs/nfs3xdr.c
index 5013bdd85ab935eab620f3822de32bc473ccaa06..6cbe89400dfcc134b9af58d6ad16ecf42bab911a 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs3xdr.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs3xdr.c
@@ -325,14 +325,14 @@ static void encode_createverf3(struct xdr_stream *xdr, const __be32 *verifier)
 	memcpy(p, verifier, NFS3_CREATEVERFSIZE);
 }
 
-static int decode_writeverf3(struct xdr_stream *xdr, __be32 *verifier)
+static int decode_writeverf3(struct xdr_stream *xdr, struct nfs_write_verifier *verifier)
 {
 	__be32 *p;
 
 	p = xdr_inline_decode(xdr, NFS3_WRITEVERFSIZE);
 	if (unlikely(p == NULL))
 		goto out_overflow;
-	memcpy(verifier, p, NFS3_WRITEVERFSIZE);
+	memcpy(verifier->data, p, NFS3_WRITEVERFSIZE);
 	return 0;
 out_overflow:
 	print_overflow_msg(__func__, xdr);
@@ -1668,20 +1668,22 @@ static int decode_write3resok(struct xdr_stream *xdr,
 {
 	__be32 *p;
 
-	p = xdr_inline_decode(xdr, 4 + 4 + NFS3_WRITEVERFSIZE);
+	p = xdr_inline_decode(xdr, 4 + 4);
 	if (unlikely(p == NULL))
 		goto out_overflow;
 	result->count = be32_to_cpup(p++);
 	result->verf->committed = be32_to_cpup(p++);
 	if (unlikely(result->verf->committed > NFS_FILE_SYNC))
 		goto out_badvalue;
-	memcpy(result->verf->verifier, p, NFS3_WRITEVERFSIZE);
+	if (decode_writeverf3(xdr, &result->verf->verifier))
+		goto out_eio;
 	return result->count;
 out_badvalue:
 	dprintk("NFS: bad stable_how value: %u\n", result->verf->committed);
 	return -EIO;
 out_overflow:
 	print_overflow_msg(__func__, xdr);
+out_eio:
 	return -EIO;
 }
 
@@ -2314,7 +2316,7 @@ static int nfs3_xdr_dec_commit3res(struct rpc_rqst *req,
 		goto out;
 	if (status != NFS3_OK)
 		goto out_status;
-	error = decode_writeverf3(xdr, result->verf->verifier);
+	error = decode_writeverf3(xdr, &result->verf->verifier);
 out:
 	return error;
 out_status:
diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4filelayout.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4filelayout.c
index e1340293872c7a70e747d051888e5ab603db905e..85b70639921bd2d4ccb39b003bdac5a44166d487 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4filelayout.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4filelayout.c
@@ -351,9 +351,9 @@ static void prepare_to_resend_writes(struct nfs_commit_data *data)
 	struct nfs_page *first = nfs_list_entry(data->pages.next);
 
 	data->task.tk_status = 0;
-	memcpy(data->verf.verifier, first->wb_verf.verifier,
-	       sizeof(first->wb_verf.verifier));
-	data->verf.verifier[0]++; /* ensure verifier mismatch */
+	memcpy(&data->verf.verifier, &first->wb_verf,
+	       sizeof(data->verf.verifier));
+	data->verf.verifier.data[0]++; /* ensure verifier mismatch */
 }
 
 static int filelayout_commit_done_cb(struct rpc_task *task,
diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4xdr.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4xdr.c
index 1e2c47b3889da8072d27750699aee5b51d407fa0..610ebccbde5d6769389a2c239cc212035925f298 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4xdr.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4xdr.c
@@ -4158,13 +4158,18 @@ static int decode_verifier(struct xdr_stream *xdr, void *verifier)
 	return decode_opaque_fixed(xdr, verifier, NFS4_VERIFIER_SIZE);
 }
 
+static int decode_write_verifier(struct xdr_stream *xdr, struct nfs_write_verifier *verifier)
+{
+	return decode_opaque_fixed(xdr, verifier->data, NFS4_VERIFIER_SIZE);
+}
+
 static int decode_commit(struct xdr_stream *xdr, struct nfs_commitres *res)
 {
 	int status;
 
 	status = decode_op_hdr(xdr, OP_COMMIT);
 	if (!status)
-		status = decode_verifier(xdr, res->verf->verifier);
+		status = decode_write_verifier(xdr, &res->verf->verifier);
 	return status;
 }
 
@@ -5192,13 +5197,12 @@ static int decode_write(struct xdr_stream *xdr, struct nfs_writeres *res)
 	if (status)
 		return status;
 
-	p = xdr_inline_decode(xdr, 16);
+	p = xdr_inline_decode(xdr, 8);
 	if (unlikely(!p))
 		goto out_overflow;
 	res->count = be32_to_cpup(p++);
 	res->verf->committed = be32_to_cpup(p++);
-	memcpy(res->verf->verifier, p, NFS4_VERIFIER_SIZE);
-	return 0;
+	return decode_write_verifier(xdr, &res->verf->verifier);
 out_overflow:
 	print_overflow_msg(__func__, xdr);
 	return -EIO;
diff --git a/fs/nfs/write.c b/fs/nfs/write.c
index 4d6861c0dc142a5ec41e5da405012b661aeb3bc4..ee929e5e1f7ba98f3bb63e216b0541aa3917fcbd 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/write.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/write.c
@@ -620,7 +620,7 @@ static void nfs_write_completion(struct nfs_pgio_header *hdr)
 			goto next;
 		}
 		if (test_bit(NFS_IOHDR_NEED_COMMIT, &hdr->flags)) {
-			memcpy(&req->wb_verf, hdr->verf, sizeof(req->wb_verf));
+			memcpy(&req->wb_verf, &hdr->verf->verifier, sizeof(req->wb_verf));
 			nfs_mark_request_commit(req, hdr->lseg, &cinfo);
 			goto next;
 		}
@@ -1547,7 +1547,7 @@ static void nfs_commit_release_pages(struct nfs_commit_data *data)
 
 		/* Okay, COMMIT succeeded, apparently. Check the verifier
 		 * returned by the server against all stored verfs. */
-		if (!memcmp(req->wb_verf.verifier, data->verf.verifier, sizeof(data->verf.verifier))) {
+		if (!memcmp(&req->wb_verf, &data->verf.verifier, sizeof(req->wb_verf))) {
 			/* We have a match */
 			nfs_inode_remove_request(req);
 			dprintk(" OK\n");
diff --git a/include/linux/nfs_page.h b/include/linux/nfs_page.h
index 88d166b555e8539fa8ec5cb896c56ecea7417bdc..880805774f9f105425a7eade9721b9965f7d43c9 100644
--- a/include/linux/nfs_page.h
+++ b/include/linux/nfs_page.h
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ struct nfs_page {
 				wb_bytes;	/* Length of request */
 	struct kref		wb_kref;	/* reference count */
 	unsigned long		wb_flags;
-	struct nfs_writeverf	wb_verf;	/* Commit cookie */
+	struct nfs_write_verifier	wb_verf;	/* Commit cookie */
 };
 
 struct nfs_pageio_descriptor;
diff --git a/include/linux/nfs_xdr.h b/include/linux/nfs_xdr.h
index 8aadd90b808a67b466ceb66cbc0de0b57883e96b..5c0014d1c9692fab5f99d3ba6c6e2baf782fb261 100644
--- a/include/linux/nfs_xdr.h
+++ b/include/linux/nfs_xdr.h
@@ -514,9 +514,13 @@ struct nfs_writeargs {
 	struct nfs4_sequence_args	seq_args;
 };
 
+struct nfs_write_verifier {
+	char			data[8];
+};
+
 struct nfs_writeverf {
+	struct nfs_write_verifier verifier;
 	enum nfs3_stable_how	committed;
-	__be32			verifier[2];
 };
 
 struct nfs_writeres {