diff --git a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/svcauth_gss.c b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/svcauth_gss.c
index 9de41e7f2d07..3e776e3dff91 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/svcauth_gss.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/svcauth_gss.c
@@ -194,6 +194,8 @@ static void rsi_request(struct cache_detail *cd,
 	qword_addhex(bpp, blen, rsii->in_handle.data, rsii->in_handle.len);
 	qword_addhex(bpp, blen, rsii->in_token.data, rsii->in_token.len);
 	(*bpp)[-1] = '\n';
+	WARN_ONCE(*blen < 0,
+		  "RPCSEC/GSS credential too large - please use gssproxy\n");
 }
 
 static int rsi_parse(struct cache_detail *cd,
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/cache.c b/net/sunrpc/cache.c
index 1a2c1c44bb00..59641803472c 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/cache.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/cache.c
@@ -803,7 +803,7 @@ static int cache_request(struct cache_detail *detail,
 
 	detail->cache_request(detail, crq->item, &bp, &len);
 	if (len < 0)
-		return -EAGAIN;
+		return -E2BIG;
 	return PAGE_SIZE - len;
 }
 
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c b/net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c
index e1153cba9cc6..6316bd2b8f37 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c
@@ -663,7 +663,7 @@ static int svc_alloc_arg(struct svc_rqst *rqstp)
 {
 	struct svc_serv *serv = rqstp->rq_server;
 	struct xdr_buf *arg = &rqstp->rq_arg;
-	unsigned long pages, filled;
+	unsigned long pages, filled, ret;
 
 	pagevec_init(&rqstp->rq_pvec);
 
@@ -675,11 +675,12 @@ static int svc_alloc_arg(struct svc_rqst *rqstp)
 		pages = RPCSVC_MAXPAGES;
 	}
 
-	for (;;) {
-		filled = alloc_pages_bulk_array(GFP_KERNEL, pages,
-						rqstp->rq_pages);
-		if (filled == pages)
-			break;
+	for (filled = 0; filled < pages; filled = ret) {
+		ret = alloc_pages_bulk_array(GFP_KERNEL, pages,
+					     rqstp->rq_pages);
+		if (ret > filled)
+			/* Made progress, don't sleep yet */
+			continue;
 
 		set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
 		if (signalled() || kthread_should_stop()) {