diff --git a/fs/lockd/svc.c b/fs/lockd/svc.c
index 642e394e7a2d..0b28a6cf9303 100644
--- a/fs/lockd/svc.c
+++ b/fs/lockd/svc.c
@@ -685,15 +685,15 @@ module_exit(exit_nlm);
 /**
  * nlmsvc_dispatch - Process an NLM Request
  * @rqstp: incoming request
- * @statp: pointer to location of accept_stat field in RPC Reply buffer
  *
  * Return values:
  *  %0: Processing complete; do not send a Reply
  *  %1: Processing complete; send Reply in rqstp->rq_res
  */
-static int nlmsvc_dispatch(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, __be32 *statp)
+static int nlmsvc_dispatch(struct svc_rqst *rqstp)
 {
 	const struct svc_procedure *procp = rqstp->rq_procinfo;
+	__be32 *statp = rqstp->rq_accept_statp;
 
 	if (!procp->pc_decode(rqstp, &rqstp->rq_arg_stream))
 		goto out_decode_err;
diff --git a/fs/nfs/callback_xdr.c b/fs/nfs/callback_xdr.c
index b4c3b7182198..13b2af55497d 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/callback_xdr.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/callback_xdr.c
@@ -980,11 +980,11 @@ static __be32 nfs4_callback_compound(struct svc_rqst *rqstp)
 }
 
 static int
-nfs_callback_dispatch(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, __be32 *statp)
+nfs_callback_dispatch(struct svc_rqst *rqstp)
 {
 	const struct svc_procedure *procp = rqstp->rq_procinfo;
 
-	*statp = procp->pc_func(rqstp);
+	*rqstp->rq_accept_statp = procp->pc_func(rqstp);
 	return 1;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfscache.c b/fs/nfsd/nfscache.c
index ef5ee548053b..041faa13b852 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfscache.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfscache.c
@@ -509,7 +509,7 @@ int nfsd_cache_lookup(struct svc_rqst *rqstp)
  * nfsd_cache_update - Update an entry in the duplicate reply cache.
  * @rqstp: svc_rqst with a finished Reply
  * @cachetype: which cache to update
- * @statp: Reply's status code
+ * @statp: pointer to Reply's NFS status code, or NULL
  *
  * This is called from nfsd_dispatch when the procedure has been
  * executed and the complete reply is in rqstp->rq_res.
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfsd.h b/fs/nfsd/nfsd.h
index 93b42ef9ed91..a7de2ffe943b 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfsd.h
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfsd.h
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ bool		nfssvc_encode_voidres(struct svc_rqst *rqstp,
  * Function prototypes.
  */
 int		nfsd_svc(int nrservs, struct net *net, const struct cred *cred);
-int		nfsd_dispatch(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, __be32 *statp);
+int		nfsd_dispatch(struct svc_rqst *rqstp);
 
 int		nfsd_nrthreads(struct net *);
 int		nfsd_nrpools(struct net *);
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfssvc.c b/fs/nfsd/nfssvc.c
index dfa8ee6c04d5..ff10c46b62d3 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfssvc.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfssvc.c
@@ -1022,7 +1022,6 @@ nfsd(void *vrqstp)
 /**
  * nfsd_dispatch - Process an NFS or NFSACL Request
  * @rqstp: incoming request
- * @statp: pointer to location of accept_stat field in RPC Reply buffer
  *
  * This RPC dispatcher integrates the NFS server's duplicate reply cache.
  *
@@ -1030,9 +1029,10 @@ nfsd(void *vrqstp)
  *  %0: Processing complete; do not send a Reply
  *  %1: Processing complete; send Reply in rqstp->rq_res
  */
-int nfsd_dispatch(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, __be32 *statp)
+int nfsd_dispatch(struct svc_rqst *rqstp)
 {
 	const struct svc_procedure *proc = rqstp->rq_procinfo;
+	__be32 *statp = rqstp->rq_accept_statp;
 
 	/*
 	 * Give the xdr decoder a chance to change this if it wants
diff --git a/include/linux/sunrpc/svc.h b/include/linux/sunrpc/svc.h
index 32eb98e621c3..f40a90ca5de6 100644
--- a/include/linux/sunrpc/svc.h
+++ b/include/linux/sunrpc/svc.h
@@ -251,6 +251,7 @@ struct svc_rqst {
 
 	void *			rq_argp;	/* decoded arguments */
 	void *			rq_resp;	/* xdr'd results */
+	__be32			*rq_accept_statp;
 	void *			rq_auth_data;	/* flavor-specific data */
 	__be32			rq_auth_stat;	/* authentication status */
 	int			rq_auth_slack;	/* extra space xdr code
@@ -337,7 +338,7 @@ struct svc_deferred_req {
 
 struct svc_process_info {
 	union {
-		int  (*dispatch)(struct svc_rqst *, __be32 *);
+		int  (*dispatch)(struct svc_rqst *rqstp);
 		struct {
 			unsigned int lovers;
 			unsigned int hivers;
@@ -389,7 +390,7 @@ struct svc_version {
 	bool			vs_need_cong_ctrl;
 
 	/* Dispatch function */
-	int			(*vs_dispatch)(struct svc_rqst *, __be32 *);
+	int			(*vs_dispatch)(struct svc_rqst *rqstp);
 };
 
 /*
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/svc.c b/net/sunrpc/svc.c
index bb58915622ca..3c194e6f8f5e 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/svc.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/svc.c
@@ -1232,9 +1232,9 @@ svc_process_common(struct svc_rqst *rqstp)
 	const struct svc_procedure *procp = NULL;
 	struct svc_serv		*serv = rqstp->rq_server;
 	struct svc_process_info process;
-	__be32			*p, *statp;
 	int			auth_res, rc;
 	unsigned int		aoffset;
+	__be32			*p;
 
 	/* Will be turned off by GSS integrity and privacy services */
 	__set_bit(RQ_SPLICE_OK, &rqstp->rq_flags);
@@ -1314,8 +1314,8 @@ svc_process_common(struct svc_rqst *rqstp)
 	trace_svc_process(rqstp, progp->pg_name);
 
 	aoffset = xdr_stream_pos(xdr);
-	statp = xdr_reserve_space(&rqstp->rq_res_stream, XDR_UNIT);
-	*statp = rpc_success;
+	rqstp->rq_accept_statp = xdr_reserve_space(&rqstp->rq_res_stream, XDR_UNIT);
+	*rqstp->rq_accept_statp = rpc_success;
 
 	/* un-reserve some of the out-queue now that we have a
 	 * better idea of reply size
@@ -1324,7 +1324,7 @@ svc_process_common(struct svc_rqst *rqstp)
 		svc_reserve_auth(rqstp, procp->pc_xdrressize<<2);
 
 	/* Call the function that processes the request. */
-	rc = process.dispatch(rqstp, statp);
+	rc = process.dispatch(rqstp);
 	if (procp->pc_release)
 		procp->pc_release(rqstp);
 	if (!rc)
@@ -1332,7 +1332,7 @@ svc_process_common(struct svc_rqst *rqstp)
 	if (rqstp->rq_auth_stat != rpc_auth_ok)
 		goto err_bad_auth;
 
-	if (*statp != rpc_success)
+	if (*rqstp->rq_accept_statp != rpc_success)
 		xdr_truncate_encode(xdr, aoffset);
 
 	if (procp->pc_encode == NULL)
