diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c
index 6e21f0444f4e..69fb7575e82e 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c
@@ -3155,6 +3155,12 @@ static __be32 nfsd4_encode_fattr4_files_free(struct xdr_stream *xdr,
 	return nfsd4_encode_uint64_t(xdr, args->statfs.f_ffree);
 }
 
+static __be32 nfsd4_encode_fattr4_files_total(struct xdr_stream *xdr,
+					      const struct nfsd4_fattr_args *args)
+{
+	return nfsd4_encode_uint64_t(xdr, args->statfs.f_files);
+}
+
 /*
  * Note: @fhp can be NULL; in this case, we might have to compose the filehandle
  * ourselves.
@@ -3394,10 +3400,9 @@ nfsd4_encode_fattr(struct xdr_stream *xdr, struct svc_fh *fhp,
 			goto out;
 	}
 	if (bmval0 & FATTR4_WORD0_FILES_TOTAL) {
-		p = xdr_reserve_space(xdr, 8);
-		if (!p)
-			goto out_resource;
-		p = xdr_encode_hyper(p, (u64) args.statfs.f_files);
+		status = nfsd4_encode_fattr4_files_total(xdr, &args);
+		if (status != nfs_ok)
+			goto out;
 	}
 	if (bmval0 & FATTR4_WORD0_FS_LOCATIONS) {
 		status = nfsd4_encode_fs_locations(xdr, rqstp, exp);