diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
index d2c4b59c896d3dda94980f789d91601f184cc53d..3ca449789545dd4a5d7772840d96261971efa8b5 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
@@ -5098,7 +5098,6 @@ static void nfs4_init_channel_attrs(struct nfs41_create_session_args *args)
 	if (mxresp_sz == 0)
 		mxresp_sz = NFS_MAX_FILE_IO_SIZE;
 	/* Fore channel attributes */
-	args->fc_attrs.headerpadsz = 0;
 	args->fc_attrs.max_rqst_sz = mxrqst_sz;
 	args->fc_attrs.max_resp_sz = mxresp_sz;
 	args->fc_attrs.max_ops = NFS4_MAX_OPS;
@@ -5111,7 +5110,6 @@ static void nfs4_init_channel_attrs(struct nfs41_create_session_args *args)
 		args->fc_attrs.max_ops, args->fc_attrs.max_reqs);
 
 	/* Back channel attributes */
-	args->bc_attrs.headerpadsz = 0;
 	args->bc_attrs.max_rqst_sz = PAGE_SIZE;
 	args->bc_attrs.max_resp_sz = PAGE_SIZE;
 	args->bc_attrs.max_resp_sz_cached = 0;
@@ -5131,8 +5129,6 @@ static int nfs4_verify_fore_channel_attrs(struct nfs41_create_session_args *args
 	struct nfs4_channel_attrs *sent = &args->fc_attrs;
 	struct nfs4_channel_attrs *rcvd = &session->fc_attrs;
 
-	if (rcvd->headerpadsz > sent->headerpadsz)
-		return -EINVAL;
 	if (rcvd->max_resp_sz > sent->max_resp_sz)
 		return -EINVAL;
 	/*
diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4xdr.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4xdr.c
index d869a5e5464b46cf0276e8df3466dcfafd83acda..c4b7d6c049480d624e5e881a91ea5e8ef0e46e2d 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4xdr.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4xdr.c
@@ -1725,7 +1725,7 @@ static void encode_create_session(struct xdr_stream *xdr,
 	*p++ = cpu_to_be32(args->flags);			/*flags */
 
 	/* Fore Channel */
-	*p++ = cpu_to_be32(args->fc_attrs.headerpadsz);	/* header padding size */
+	*p++ = cpu_to_be32(0);				/* header padding size */
 	*p++ = cpu_to_be32(args->fc_attrs.max_rqst_sz);	/* max req size */
 	*p++ = cpu_to_be32(args->fc_attrs.max_resp_sz);	/* max resp size */
 	*p++ = cpu_to_be32(max_resp_sz_cached);		/* Max resp sz cached */
@@ -1734,7 +1734,7 @@ static void encode_create_session(struct xdr_stream *xdr,
 	*p++ = cpu_to_be32(0);				/* rdmachannel_attrs */
 
 	/* Back Channel */
-	*p++ = cpu_to_be32(args->fc_attrs.headerpadsz);	/* header padding size */
+	*p++ = cpu_to_be32(0);				/* header padding size */
 	*p++ = cpu_to_be32(args->bc_attrs.max_rqst_sz);	/* max req size */
 	*p++ = cpu_to_be32(args->bc_attrs.max_resp_sz);	/* max resp size */
 	*p++ = cpu_to_be32(args->bc_attrs.max_resp_sz_cached);	/* Max resp sz cached */
@@ -4997,12 +4997,14 @@ static int decode_chan_attrs(struct xdr_stream *xdr,
 			     struct nfs4_channel_attrs *attrs)
 {
 	__be32 *p;
-	u32 nr_attrs;
+	u32 nr_attrs, val;
 
 	p = xdr_inline_decode(xdr, 28);
 	if (unlikely(!p))
 		goto out_overflow;
-	attrs->headerpadsz = be32_to_cpup(p++);
+	val = be32_to_cpup(p++);	/* headerpadsz */
+	if (val)
+		return -EINVAL;		/* no support for header padding yet */
 	attrs->max_rqst_sz = be32_to_cpup(p++);
 	attrs->max_resp_sz = be32_to_cpup(p++);
 	attrs->max_resp_sz_cached = be32_to_cpup(p++);
diff --git a/include/linux/nfs_xdr.h b/include/linux/nfs_xdr.h
index 5e8444a11adf0a6cb7a545657df9a47b2376bd0b..00848d86ffb250fe50b7e5090986646aac43aa47 100644
--- a/include/linux/nfs_xdr.h
+++ b/include/linux/nfs_xdr.h
@@ -158,7 +158,6 @@ struct nfs_seqid;
 
 /* nfs41 sessions channel attributes */
 struct nfs4_channel_attrs {
-	u32			headerpadsz;
 	u32			max_rqst_sz;
 	u32			max_resp_sz;
 	u32			max_resp_sz_cached;