diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c
index 05dddecbaed6..bcfeb1a922c0 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c
@@ -5459,12 +5459,8 @@ bool
 nfs4svc_encode_compoundres(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct xdr_stream *xdr)
 {
 	struct nfsd4_compoundres *resp = rqstp->rq_resp;
-	struct xdr_buf *buf = xdr->buf;
 	__be32 *p;
 
-	WARN_ON_ONCE(buf->len != buf->head[0].iov_len + buf->page_len +
-				 buf->tail[0].iov_len);
-
 	/*
 	 * Send buffer space for the following items is reserved
 	 * at the top of nfsd4_proc_compound().