diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c
index 26f6e277101d..5f5169b9c2e9 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c
@@ -4736,14 +4736,15 @@ out:
 	if (nfserr && segments == 0)
 		xdr_truncate_encode(xdr, starting_len);
 	else {
+		if (nfserr) {
+			xdr_truncate_encode(xdr, last_segment);
+			nfserr = nfs_ok;
+			eof = 0;
+		}
 		tmp = htonl(eof);
 		write_bytes_to_xdr_buf(xdr->buf, starting_len,     &tmp, 4);
 		tmp = htonl(segments);
 		write_bytes_to_xdr_buf(xdr->buf, starting_len + 4, &tmp, 4);
-		if (nfserr) {
-			xdr_truncate_encode(xdr, last_segment);
-			nfserr = nfs_ok;
-		}
 	}
 
 	return nfserr;