diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs3xdr.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs3xdr.c
index dba2ff8eaa68..452334694a5d 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs3xdr.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs3xdr.c
@@ -358,6 +358,8 @@ 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;
+	struct kvec *tail = rqstp->rq_arg.tail;
 
 	p = decode_fh(p, &args->fh);
 	if (!p)
@@ -367,6 +369,8 @@ nfs3svc_decode_writeargs(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, __be32 *p,
 	args->count = ntohl(*p++);
 	args->stable = ntohl(*p++);
 	len = args->len = ntohl(*p++);
+	if ((void *)p > head->iov_base + head->iov_len)
+		return 0;
 	/*
 	 * The count must equal the amount of data passed.
 	 */
@@ -377,9 +381,8 @@ 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
-		+ rqstp->rq_arg.tail[0].iov_len - hdr;
+	hdr = (void*)p - head->iov_base;
+	dlen = head->iov_len + rqstp->rq_arg.page_len + tail->iov_len - hdr;
 	/*
 	 * Round the length of the data which was specified up to
 	 * the next multiple of XDR units and then compare that
@@ -396,7 +399,7 @@ 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;
@@ -471,6 +474,8 @@ nfs3svc_decode_symlinkargs(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, __be32 *p,
 	/* first copy and check from the first page */
 	old = (char*)p;
 	vec = &rqstp->rq_arg.head[0];
+	if ((void *)old > vec->iov_base + vec->iov_len)
+		return 0;
 	avail = vec->iov_len - (old - (char*)vec->iov_base);
 	while (len && avail && *old) {
 		*new++ = *old++;
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfssvc.c b/fs/nfsd/nfssvc.c
index 31e1f9593457..59979f0bbd4b 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfssvc.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfssvc.c
@@ -747,6 +747,37 @@ static __be32 map_new_errors(u32 vers, __be32 nfserr)
 	return nfserr;
 }
 
+/*
+ * A write procedure can have a large argument, and a read procedure can
+ * have a large reply, but no NFSv2 or NFSv3 procedure has argument and
+ * reply that can both be larger than a page.  The xdr code has taken
+ * advantage of this assumption to be a sloppy about bounds checking in
+ * some cases.  Pending a rewrite of the NFSv2/v3 xdr code to fix that
+ * problem, we enforce these assumptions here:
+ */
+static bool nfs_request_too_big(struct svc_rqst *rqstp,
+				struct svc_procedure *proc)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The ACL code has more careful bounds-checking and is not
+	 * susceptible to this problem:
+	 */
+	if (rqstp->rq_prog != NFS_PROGRAM)
+		return false;
+	/*
+	 * Ditto NFSv4 (which can in theory have argument and reply both
+	 * more than a page):
+	 */
+	if (rqstp->rq_vers >= 4)
+		return false;
+	/* The reply will be small, we're OK: */
+	if (proc->pc_xdrressize > 0 &&
+	    proc->pc_xdrressize < XDR_QUADLEN(PAGE_SIZE))
+		return false;
+
+	return rqstp->rq_arg.len > PAGE_SIZE;
+}
+
 int
 nfsd_dispatch(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, __be32 *statp)
 {
@@ -759,6 +790,11 @@ nfsd_dispatch(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, __be32 *statp)
 				rqstp->rq_vers, rqstp->rq_proc);
 	proc = rqstp->rq_procinfo;
 
+	if (nfs_request_too_big(rqstp, proc)) {
+		dprintk("nfsd: NFSv%d argument too large\n", rqstp->rq_vers);
+		*statp = rpc_garbage_args;
+		return 1;
+	}
 	/*
 	 * Give the xdr decoder a chance to change this if it wants
 	 * (necessary in the NFSv4.0 compound case)
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfsxdr.c b/fs/nfsd/nfsxdr.c
index 41b468a6a90f..de07ff625777 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfsxdr.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfsxdr.c
@@ -280,6 +280,7 @@ 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;
 
 	p = decode_fh(p, &args->fh);
@@ -300,9 +301,10 @@ 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;
+	if (hdr > head->iov_len)
+		return 0;
+	dlen = head->iov_len + rqstp->rq_arg.page_len - hdr;
 
 	/*
 	 * Round the length of the data which was specified up to
@@ -316,7 +318,7 @@ 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;