diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfsxdr.c b/fs/nfsd/nfsxdr.c
index d4f4729..3d0fe03 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfsxdr.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfsxdr.c
@@ -356,14 +356,12 @@ nfssvc_decode_renameargs(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, __be32 *p)
 int
 nfssvc_decode_linkargs(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, __be32 *p)
 {
+	struct xdr_stream *xdr = &rqstp->rq_arg_stream;
 	struct nfsd_linkargs *args = rqstp->rq_argp;
 
-	if (!(p = decode_fh(p, &args->ffh))
-	 || !(p = decode_fh(p, &args->tfh))
-	 || !(p = decode_filename(p, &args->tname, &args->tlen)))
-		return 0;
-
-	return xdr_argsize_check(rqstp, p);
+	return svcxdr_decode_fhandle(xdr, &args->ffh) &&
+		svcxdr_decode_diropargs(xdr, &args->tfh,
+					&args->tname, &args->tlen);
 }
 
 int