diff --git a/fs/nfs/dir.c b/fs/nfs/dir.c
index bc5260b8fe45..d467df099c04 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/dir.c
@@ -470,8 +470,20 @@ static int nfs_readdir_xdr_filler(struct nfs_readdir_descriptor *desc,
 				  u64 cookie, struct page **pages,
 				  size_t bufsize)
 {
-	struct file *file = desc->file;
-	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(desc->file);
+	__be32 verf_res[2];
+	struct nfs_readdir_arg arg = {
+		.dentry = file_dentry(desc->file),
+		.cred = desc->file->f_cred,
+		.verf = NFS_I(inode)->cookieverf,
+		.cookie = cookie,
+		.pages = pages,
+		.page_len = bufsize,
+		.plus = desc->plus,
+	};
+	struct nfs_readdir_res res = {
+		.verf = verf_res,
+	};
 	unsigned long	timestamp, gencount;
 	int		error;
 
@@ -479,20 +491,21 @@ static int nfs_readdir_xdr_filler(struct nfs_readdir_descriptor *desc,
 	timestamp = jiffies;
 	gencount = nfs_inc_attr_generation_counter();
 	desc->dir_verifier = nfs_save_change_attribute(inode);
-	error = NFS_PROTO(inode)->readdir(file_dentry(file), file->f_cred,
-					  cookie, pages, bufsize, desc->plus);
+	error = NFS_PROTO(inode)->readdir(&arg, &res);
 	if (error < 0) {
 		/* We requested READDIRPLUS, but the server doesn't grok it */
 		if (error == -ENOTSUPP && desc->plus) {
 			NFS_SERVER(inode)->caps &= ~NFS_CAP_READDIRPLUS;
 			clear_bit(NFS_INO_ADVISE_RDPLUS, &NFS_I(inode)->flags);
-			desc->plus = false;
+			desc->plus = arg.plus = false;
 			goto again;
 		}
 		goto error;
 	}
 	desc->timestamp = timestamp;
 	desc->gencount = gencount;
+	memcpy(NFS_I(inode)->cookieverf, res.verf,
+	       sizeof(NFS_I(inode)->cookieverf));
 error:
 	return error;
 }
diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs3proc.c b/fs/nfs/nfs3proc.c
index 6b66b73a50eb..5c4e23abc345 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs3proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs3proc.c
@@ -662,37 +662,36 @@ nfs3_proc_rmdir(struct inode *dir, const struct qstr *name)
  * Also note that this implementation handles both plain readdir and
  * readdirplus.
  */
-static int
-nfs3_proc_readdir(struct dentry *dentry, const struct cred *cred,
-		  u64 cookie, struct page **pages, unsigned int count, bool plus)
+static int nfs3_proc_readdir(struct nfs_readdir_arg *nr_arg,
+			     struct nfs_readdir_res *nr_res)
 {
-	struct inode		*dir = d_inode(dentry);
-	__be32			*verf = NFS_I(dir)->cookieverf;
+	struct inode		*dir = d_inode(nr_arg->dentry);
 	struct nfs3_readdirargs	arg = {
 		.fh		= NFS_FH(dir),
-		.cookie		= cookie,
-		.verf		= {verf[0], verf[1]},
-		.plus		= plus,
-		.count		= count,
-		.pages		= pages
+		.cookie		= nr_arg->cookie,
+		.plus		= nr_arg->plus,
+		.count		= nr_arg->page_len,
+		.pages		= nr_arg->pages
 	};
 	struct nfs3_readdirres	res = {
-		.verf		= verf,
-		.plus		= plus
+		.verf		= nr_res->verf,
+		.plus		= nr_arg->plus,
 	};
 	struct rpc_message	msg = {
 		.rpc_proc	= &nfs3_procedures[NFS3PROC_READDIR],
 		.rpc_argp	= &arg,
 		.rpc_resp	= &res,
-		.rpc_cred	= cred,
+		.rpc_cred	= nr_arg->cred,
 	};
 	int status = -ENOMEM;
 
-	if (plus)
+	if (nr_arg->plus)
 		msg.rpc_proc = &nfs3_procedures[NFS3PROC_READDIRPLUS];
+	if (arg.cookie)
+		memcpy(arg.verf, nr_arg->verf, sizeof(arg.verf));
 
-	dprintk("NFS call  readdir%s %d\n",
-			plus? "plus" : "", (unsigned int) cookie);
+	dprintk("NFS call  readdir%s %llu\n", nr_arg->plus ? "plus" : "",
+		(unsigned long long)nr_arg->cookie);
 
 	res.dir_attr = nfs_alloc_fattr();
 	if (res.dir_attr == NULL)
@@ -705,8 +704,8 @@ nfs3_proc_readdir(struct dentry *dentry, const struct cred *cred,
 
 	nfs_free_fattr(res.dir_attr);
 out:
-	dprintk("NFS reply readdir%s: %d\n",
-			plus? "plus" : "", status);
+	dprintk("NFS reply readdir%s: %d\n", nr_arg->plus ? "plus" : "",
+		status);
 	return status;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
index a5b9356bee6a..8e82f988a11f 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
@@ -4961,35 +4961,34 @@ static int nfs4_proc_mkdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 	return err;
 }
 
-static int _nfs4_proc_readdir(struct dentry *dentry, const struct cred *cred,
-		u64 cookie, struct page **pages, unsigned int count, bool plus)
+static int _nfs4_proc_readdir(struct nfs_readdir_arg *nr_arg,
+			      struct nfs_readdir_res *nr_res)
 {
-	struct inode		*dir = d_inode(dentry);
+	struct inode		*dir = d_inode(nr_arg->dentry);
 	struct nfs4_readdir_arg args = {
 		.fh = NFS_FH(dir),
-		.pages = pages,
+		.pages = nr_arg->pages,
 		.pgbase = 0,
-		.count = count,
-		.bitmask = NFS_SERVER(d_inode(dentry))->attr_bitmask,
-		.plus = plus,
+		.count = nr_arg->page_len,
+		.bitmask = NFS_SERVER(d_inode(nr_arg->dentry))->attr_bitmask,
+		.plus = nr_arg->plus,
 	};
 	struct nfs4_readdir_res res;
 	struct rpc_message msg = {
 		.rpc_proc = &nfs4_procedures[NFSPROC4_CLNT_READDIR],
 		.rpc_argp = &args,
 		.rpc_resp = &res,
-		.rpc_cred = cred,
+		.rpc_cred = nr_arg->cred,
 	};
 	int			status;
 
-	dprintk("%s: dentry = %pd2, cookie = %Lu\n", __func__,
-			dentry,
-			(unsigned long long)cookie);
-	nfs4_setup_readdir(cookie, NFS_I(dir)->cookieverf, dentry, &args);
+	dprintk("%s: dentry = %pd2, cookie = %llu\n", __func__,
+		nr_arg->dentry, (unsigned long long)nr_arg->cookie);
+	nfs4_setup_readdir(nr_arg->cookie, nr_arg->verf, nr_arg->dentry, &args);
 	res.pgbase = args.pgbase;
 	status = nfs4_call_sync(NFS_SERVER(dir)->client, NFS_SERVER(dir), &msg, &args.seq_args, &res.seq_res, 0);
 	if (status >= 0) {
-		memcpy(NFS_I(dir)->cookieverf, res.verifier.data, NFS4_VERIFIER_SIZE);
+		memcpy(nr_res->verf, res.verifier.data, NFS4_VERIFIER_SIZE);
 		status += args.pgbase;
 	}
 
@@ -4999,19 +4998,18 @@ static int _nfs4_proc_readdir(struct dentry *dentry, const struct cred *cred,
 	return status;
 }
 
-static int nfs4_proc_readdir(struct dentry *dentry, const struct cred *cred,
-		u64 cookie, struct page **pages, unsigned int count, bool plus)
+static int nfs4_proc_readdir(struct nfs_readdir_arg *arg,
+			     struct nfs_readdir_res *res)
 {
 	struct nfs4_exception exception = {
 		.interruptible = true,
 	};
 	int err;
 	do {
-		err = _nfs4_proc_readdir(dentry, cred, cookie,
-				pages, count, plus);
-		trace_nfs4_readdir(d_inode(dentry), err);
-		err = nfs4_handle_exception(NFS_SERVER(d_inode(dentry)), err,
-				&exception);
+		err = _nfs4_proc_readdir(arg, res);
+		trace_nfs4_readdir(d_inode(arg->dentry), err);
+		err = nfs4_handle_exception(NFS_SERVER(d_inode(arg->dentry)),
+					    err, &exception);
 	} while (exception.retry);
 	return err;
 }
diff --git a/fs/nfs/proc.c b/fs/nfs/proc.c
index 15c865cc837f..73ab7c59d3a7 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/proc.c
@@ -499,26 +499,26 @@ nfs_proc_rmdir(struct inode *dir, const struct qstr *name)
  * sure it is syntactically correct; the entries itself are decoded
  * from nfs_readdir by calling the decode_entry function directly.
  */
-static int
-nfs_proc_readdir(struct dentry *dentry, const struct cred *cred,
-		 u64 cookie, struct page **pages, unsigned int count, bool plus)
+static int nfs_proc_readdir(struct nfs_readdir_arg *nr_arg,
+			    struct nfs_readdir_res *nr_res)
 {
-	struct inode		*dir = d_inode(dentry);
+	struct inode		*dir = d_inode(nr_arg->dentry);
 	struct nfs_readdirargs	arg = {
 		.fh		= NFS_FH(dir),
-		.cookie		= cookie,
-		.count		= count,
-		.pages		= pages,
+		.cookie		= nr_arg->cookie,
+		.count		= nr_arg->page_len,
+		.pages		= nr_arg->pages,
 	};
 	struct rpc_message	msg = {
 		.rpc_proc	= &nfs_procedures[NFSPROC_READDIR],
 		.rpc_argp	= &arg,
-		.rpc_cred	= cred,
+		.rpc_cred	= nr_arg->cred,
 	};
 	int			status;
 
-	dprintk("NFS call  readdir %d\n", (unsigned int)cookie);
+	dprintk("NFS call  readdir %llu\n", (unsigned long long)nr_arg->cookie);
 	status = rpc_call_sync(NFS_CLIENT(dir), &msg, 0);
+	nr_res->verf[0] = nr_res->verf[1] = 0;
 
 	nfs_invalidate_atime(dir);
 
diff --git a/include/linux/nfs_xdr.h b/include/linux/nfs_xdr.h
index d63cb862d58e..3327239fa2f9 100644
--- a/include/linux/nfs_xdr.h
+++ b/include/linux/nfs_xdr.h
@@ -750,6 +750,20 @@ struct nfs_entry {
 	struct nfs_server *	server;
 };
 
+struct nfs_readdir_arg {
+	struct dentry		*dentry;
+	const struct cred	*cred;
+	__be32			*verf;
+	u64			cookie;
+	struct page		**pages;
+	unsigned int		page_len;
+	bool			plus;
+};
+
+struct nfs_readdir_res {
+	__be32			*verf;
+};
+
 /*
  * The following types are for NFSv2 only.
  */
@@ -1744,8 +1758,7 @@ struct nfs_rpc_ops {
 			    unsigned int, struct iattr *);
 	int	(*mkdir)   (struct inode *, struct dentry *, struct iattr *);
 	int	(*rmdir)   (struct inode *, const struct qstr *);
-	int	(*readdir) (struct dentry *, const struct cred *,
-			    u64, struct page **, unsigned int, bool);
+	int	(*readdir) (struct nfs_readdir_arg *, struct nfs_readdir_res *);
 	int	(*mknod)   (struct inode *, struct dentry *, struct iattr *,
 			    dev_t);
 	int	(*statfs)  (struct nfs_server *, struct nfs_fh *,
