diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c
index f053c5a..6851b00 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c
@@ -1264,7 +1264,7 @@
 	/* Tail and page_len should be zero at this point: */
 	buf->len = buf->head[0].iov_len;
 	xdr->scratch.iov_len = 0;
-	xdr->page_ptr = buf->pages;
+	xdr->page_ptr = buf->pages - 1;
 	buf->buflen = PAGE_SIZE * (1 + rqstp->rq_page_end - buf->pages)
 		- rqstp->rq_auth_slack;
 }