diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c
index f7584787dab2..09dd70f79158 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c
@@ -2493,9 +2493,6 @@ nfsd4_proc_compound(struct svc_rqst *rqstp)
 	status = nfserr_minor_vers_mismatch;
 	if (nfsd_minorversion(nn, args->minorversion, NFSD_TEST) <= 0)
 		goto out;
-	status = nfserr_resource;
-	if (args->opcnt > NFSD_MAX_OPS_PER_COMPOUND)
-		goto out;
 
 	status = nfs41_check_op_ordering(args);
 	if (status) {
@@ -2508,10 +2505,20 @@ nfsd4_proc_compound(struct svc_rqst *rqstp)
 
 	rqstp->rq_lease_breaker = (void **)&cstate->clp;
 
-	trace_nfsd_compound(rqstp, args->opcnt);
+	trace_nfsd_compound(rqstp, args->client_opcnt);
 	while (!status && resp->opcnt < args->opcnt) {
 		op = &args->ops[resp->opcnt++];
 
+		if (unlikely(resp->opcnt == NFSD_MAX_OPS_PER_COMPOUND)) {
+			/* If there are still more operations to process,
+			 * stop here and report NFS4ERR_RESOURCE. */
+			if (cstate->minorversion == 0 &&
+			    args->client_opcnt > resp->opcnt) {
+				op->status = nfserr_resource;
+				goto encode_op;
+			}
+		}
+
 		/*
 		 * The XDR decode routines may have pre-set op->status;
 		 * for example, if there is a miscellaneous XDR error
@@ -2587,8 +2594,8 @@ encode_op:
 			status = op->status;
 		}
 
-		trace_nfsd_compound_status(args->opcnt, resp->opcnt, status,
-					   nfsd4_op_name(op->opnum));
+		trace_nfsd_compound_status(args->client_opcnt, resp->opcnt,
+					   status, nfsd4_op_name(op->opnum));
 
 		nfsd4_cstate_clear_replay(cstate);
 		nfsd4_increment_op_stats(op->opnum);
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c
index f6d385e0efec..bda8478eb1ae 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c
@@ -2349,16 +2349,11 @@ nfsd4_decode_compound(struct nfsd4_compoundargs *argp)
 
 	if (xdr_stream_decode_u32(argp->xdr, &argp->minorversion) < 0)
 		return 0;
-	if (xdr_stream_decode_u32(argp->xdr, &argp->opcnt) < 0)
+	if (xdr_stream_decode_u32(argp->xdr, &argp->client_opcnt) < 0)
 		return 0;
 
-	/*
-	 * NFS4ERR_RESOURCE is a more helpful error than GARBAGE_ARGS
-	 * here, so we return success at the xdr level so that
-	 * nfsd4_proc can handle this is an NFS-level error.
-	 */
-	if (argp->opcnt > NFSD_MAX_OPS_PER_COMPOUND)
-		return 1;
+	argp->opcnt = min_t(u32, argp->client_opcnt,
+			    NFSD_MAX_OPS_PER_COMPOUND);
 
 	if (argp->opcnt > ARRAY_SIZE(argp->iops)) {
 		argp->ops = kzalloc(argp->opcnt * sizeof(*argp->ops), GFP_KERNEL);
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/xdr4.h b/fs/nfsd/xdr4.h
index 3e4052e3bd50..45257666a688 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/xdr4.h
+++ b/fs/nfsd/xdr4.h
@@ -688,9 +688,10 @@ struct nfsd4_compoundargs {
 	struct svcxdr_tmpbuf		*to_free;
 	struct svc_rqst			*rqstp;
 
-	u32				taglen;
 	char *				tag;
+	u32				taglen;
 	u32				minorversion;
+	u32				client_opcnt;
 	u32				opcnt;
 	struct nfsd4_op			*ops;
 	struct nfsd4_op			iops[8];