diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs3xdr.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs3xdr.c
index 43f46cd9edea8..f7be3843cd396 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs3xdr.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs3xdr.c
@@ -354,6 +354,7 @@ nfs3svc_decode_writeargs(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, __be32 *p,
 {
 	unsigned int len, v, hdr, dlen;
 	u32 max_blocksize = svc_max_payload(rqstp);
+	struct kvec *head = rqstp->rq_arg.head;
 
 	if (!(p = decode_fh(p, &args->fh)))
 		return 0;
@@ -372,9 +373,8 @@ nfs3svc_decode_writeargs(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, __be32 *p,
 	 * Check to make sure that we got the right number of
 	 * bytes.
 	 */
-	hdr = (void*)p - rqstp->rq_arg.head[0].iov_base;
-	dlen = rqstp->rq_arg.head[0].iov_len + rqstp->rq_arg.page_len
-		- hdr;
+	hdr = (void*)p - head->iov_base;
+	dlen = head->iov_len + rqstp->rq_arg.page_len - hdr;
 	/*
 	 * Round the length of the data which was specified up to
 	 * the next multiple of XDR units and then compare that
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ nfs3svc_decode_writeargs(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, __be32 *p,
 		len = args->len = max_blocksize;
 	}
 	rqstp->rq_vec[0].iov_base = (void*)p;
-	rqstp->rq_vec[0].iov_len = rqstp->rq_arg.head[0].iov_len - hdr;
+	rqstp->rq_vec[0].iov_len = head->iov_len - hdr;
 	v = 0;
 	while (len > rqstp->rq_vec[v].iov_len) {
 		len -= rqstp->rq_vec[v].iov_len;
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfsxdr.c b/fs/nfsd/nfsxdr.c
index 65ec595e2226c..5ca15616211dd 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfsxdr.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfsxdr.c
@@ -277,6 +277,7 @@ nfssvc_decode_writeargs(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, __be32 *p,
 					struct nfsd_writeargs *args)
 {
 	unsigned int len, hdr, dlen;
+	struct kvec *head = rqstp->rq_arg.head;
 	int v;
 
 	if (!(p = decode_fh(p, &args->fh)))
@@ -296,9 +297,8 @@ nfssvc_decode_writeargs(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, __be32 *p,
 	 * Check to make sure that we got the right number of
 	 * bytes.
 	 */
-	hdr = (void*)p - rqstp->rq_arg.head[0].iov_base;
-	dlen = rqstp->rq_arg.head[0].iov_len + rqstp->rq_arg.page_len
-		- hdr;
+	hdr = (void*)p - head->iov_base;
+	dlen = head->iov_len + rqstp->rq_arg.page_len - hdr;
 
 	/*
 	 * Round the length of the data which was specified up to
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ nfssvc_decode_writeargs(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, __be32 *p,
 		return 0;
 
 	rqstp->rq_vec[0].iov_base = (void*)p;
-	rqstp->rq_vec[0].iov_len = rqstp->rq_arg.head[0].iov_len - hdr;
+	rqstp->rq_vec[0].iov_len = head->iov_len - hdr;
 	v = 0;
 	while (len > rqstp->rq_vec[v].iov_len) {
 		len -= rqstp->rq_vec[v].iov_len;