diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c
index 402395866..9a02dc706 100755
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c
@@ -2456,11 +2456,11 @@ nfsd4_proc_compound(struct svc_rqst *rqstp)
 	__be32		status;
 
 	resp->xdr = &rqstp->rq_res_stream;
+	resp->statusp = resp->xdr->p;
 
 	/* reserve space for: NFS status code */
 	xdr_reserve_space(resp->xdr, XDR_UNIT);
 
-	resp->tagp = resp->xdr->p;
 	/* reserve space for: taglen, tag, and opcnt */
 	xdr_reserve_space(resp->xdr, XDR_UNIT * 2 + args->taglen);
 	resp->taglen = args->taglen;
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c
index 5fd39db5e..3ff11b291 100755
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c
@@ -5446,11 +5446,16 @@ nfs4svc_encode_compoundres(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, __be32 *p)
 	WARN_ON_ONCE(buf->len != buf->head[0].iov_len + buf->page_len +
 				 buf->tail[0].iov_len);
 
-	*p = resp->cstate.status;
+	/*
+	 * Send buffer space for the following items is reserved
+	 * at the top of nfsd4_proc_compound().
+	 */
+	p = resp->statusp;
+
+	*p++ = resp->cstate.status;
 
 	rqstp->rq_next_page = resp->xdr->page_ptr + 1;
 
-	p = resp->tagp;
 	*p++ = htonl(resp->taglen);
 	memcpy(p, resp->tag, resp->taglen);
 	p += XDR_QUADLEN(resp->taglen);
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/xdr4.h b/fs/nfsd/xdr4.h
index 8f349640d..8e11dfdc2 100755
--- a/fs/nfsd/xdr4.h
+++ b/fs/nfsd/xdr4.h
@@ -702,10 +702,11 @@ struct nfsd4_compoundres {
 	struct xdr_stream		*xdr;
 	struct svc_rqst *		rqstp;
 
+	__be32				*statusp;
 	u32				taglen;
 	char *				tag;
 	u32				opcnt;
-	__be32 *			tagp; /* tag, opcount encode location */
+
 	struct nfsd4_compound_state	cstate;
 };