diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c
index 9761512674a0..60be969d8be1 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c
@@ -3594,17 +3594,17 @@ static __be32 nfsd4_encode_readv(struct nfsd4_compoundres *resp,
 	u32 zzz = 0;
 	int pad;
 
+	/*
+	 * svcrdma requires every READ payload to start somewhere
+	 * in xdr->pages.
+	 */
+	if (xdr->iov == xdr->buf->head) {
+		xdr->iov = NULL;
+		xdr->end = xdr->p;
+	}
+
 	len = maxcount;
 	v = 0;
-
-	thislen = min_t(long, len, ((void *)xdr->end - (void *)xdr->p));
-	p = xdr_reserve_space(xdr, (thislen+3)&~3);
-	WARN_ON_ONCE(!p);
-	resp->rqstp->rq_vec[v].iov_base = p;
-	resp->rqstp->rq_vec[v].iov_len = thislen;
-	v++;
-	len -= thislen;
-
 	while (len) {
 		thislen = min_t(long, len, PAGE_SIZE);
 		p = xdr_reserve_space(xdr, (thislen+3)&~3);
@@ -3623,6 +3623,8 @@ static __be32 nfsd4_encode_readv(struct nfsd4_compoundres *resp,
 	read->rd_length = maxcount;
 	if (nfserr)
 		return nfserr;
+	if (svc_encode_read_payload(resp->rqstp, starting_len + 8, maxcount))
+		return nfserr_io;
 	xdr_truncate_encode(xdr, starting_len + 8 + ((maxcount+3)&~3));
 
 	tmp = htonl(eof);
diff --git a/include/linux/sunrpc/svc.h b/include/linux/sunrpc/svc.h
index 1afe38eb33f7..82665ff360fd 100644
--- a/include/linux/sunrpc/svc.h
+++ b/include/linux/sunrpc/svc.h
@@ -517,6 +517,9 @@ int		   svc_register(const struct svc_serv *, struct net *, const int,
 void		   svc_reserve(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, int space);
 struct svc_pool *  svc_pool_for_cpu(struct svc_serv *serv, int cpu);
 char *		   svc_print_addr(struct svc_rqst *, char *, size_t);
+int		   svc_encode_read_payload(struct svc_rqst *rqstp,
+					   unsigned int offset,
+					   unsigned int length);
 unsigned int	   svc_fill_write_vector(struct svc_rqst *rqstp,
 					 struct page **pages,
 					 struct kvec *first, size_t total);
diff --git a/include/linux/sunrpc/svc_rdma.h b/include/linux/sunrpc/svc_rdma.h
index 40f65888dd38..04e4a34d1c6a 100644
--- a/include/linux/sunrpc/svc_rdma.h
+++ b/include/linux/sunrpc/svc_rdma.h
@@ -137,6 +137,8 @@ struct svc_rdma_recv_ctxt {
 	unsigned int		rc_page_count;
 	unsigned int		rc_hdr_count;
 	u32			rc_inv_rkey;
+	unsigned int		rc_read_payload_offset;
+	unsigned int		rc_read_payload_length;
 	struct page		*rc_pages[RPCSVC_MAXPAGES];
 };
 
@@ -170,7 +172,9 @@ extern int svc_rdma_recv_read_chunk(struct svcxprt_rdma *rdma,
 				    struct svc_rqst *rqstp,
 				    struct svc_rdma_recv_ctxt *head, __be32 *p);
 extern int svc_rdma_send_write_chunk(struct svcxprt_rdma *rdma,
-				     __be32 *wr_ch, struct xdr_buf *xdr);
+				     __be32 *wr_ch, struct xdr_buf *xdr,
+				     unsigned int offset,
+				     unsigned long length);
 extern int svc_rdma_send_reply_chunk(struct svcxprt_rdma *rdma,
 				     __be32 *rp_ch, bool writelist,
 				     struct xdr_buf *xdr);
@@ -189,6 +193,8 @@ extern int svc_rdma_map_reply_msg(struct svcxprt_rdma *rdma,
 				  struct svc_rdma_send_ctxt *ctxt,
 				  struct xdr_buf *xdr, __be32 *wr_lst);
 extern int svc_rdma_sendto(struct svc_rqst *);
+extern int svc_rdma_read_payload(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, unsigned int offset,
+				 unsigned int length);
 
 /* svc_rdma_transport.c */
 extern int svc_rdma_create_listen(struct svc_serv *, int, struct sockaddr *);
diff --git a/include/linux/sunrpc/svc_xprt.h b/include/linux/sunrpc/svc_xprt.h
index ea6f46be9cb7..9e1e046de176 100644
--- a/include/linux/sunrpc/svc_xprt.h
+++ b/include/linux/sunrpc/svc_xprt.h
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ struct svc_xprt_ops {
 	int		(*xpo_has_wspace)(struct svc_xprt *);
 	int		(*xpo_recvfrom)(struct svc_rqst *);
 	int		(*xpo_sendto)(struct svc_rqst *);
+	int		(*xpo_read_payload)(struct svc_rqst *, unsigned int,
+					    unsigned int);
 	void		(*xpo_release_rqst)(struct svc_rqst *);
 	void		(*xpo_detach)(struct svc_xprt *);
 	void		(*xpo_free)(struct svc_xprt *);
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/svc.c b/net/sunrpc/svc.c
index 187dd4e73d64..18676d36f490 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/svc.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/svc.c
@@ -1637,6 +1637,22 @@ u32 svc_max_payload(const struct svc_rqst *rqstp)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(svc_max_payload);
 
 /**
+ * svc_encode_read_payload - mark a range of bytes as a READ payload
+ * @rqstp: svc_rqst to operate on
+ * @offset: payload's byte offset in rqstp->rq_res
+ * @length: size of payload, in bytes
+ *
+ * Returns zero on success, or a negative errno if a permanent
+ * error occurred.
+ */
+int svc_encode_read_payload(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, unsigned int offset,
+			    unsigned int length)
+{
+	return rqstp->rq_xprt->xpt_ops->xpo_read_payload(rqstp, offset, length);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(svc_encode_read_payload);
+
+/**
  * svc_fill_write_vector - Construct data argument for VFS write call
  * @rqstp: svc_rqst to operate on
  * @pages: list of pages containing data payload
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/svcsock.c b/net/sunrpc/svcsock.c
index 2934dd711715..758ab10690de 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/svcsock.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/svcsock.c
@@ -279,6 +279,12 @@ static int svc_sendto(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct xdr_buf *xdr)
 	return len;
 }
 
+static int svc_sock_read_payload(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, unsigned int offset,
+				 unsigned int length)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+
 /*
  * Report socket names for nfsdfs
  */
@@ -653,6 +659,7 @@ static struct svc_xprt *svc_udp_create(struct svc_serv *serv,
 	.xpo_create = svc_udp_create,
 	.xpo_recvfrom = svc_udp_recvfrom,
 	.xpo_sendto = svc_udp_sendto,
+	.xpo_read_payload = svc_sock_read_payload,
 	.xpo_release_rqst = svc_release_udp_skb,
 	.xpo_detach = svc_sock_detach,
 	.xpo_free = svc_sock_free,
@@ -1171,6 +1178,7 @@ static struct svc_xprt *svc_tcp_create(struct svc_serv *serv,
 	.xpo_create = svc_tcp_create,
 	.xpo_recvfrom = svc_tcp_recvfrom,
 	.xpo_sendto = svc_tcp_sendto,
+	.xpo_read_payload = svc_sock_read_payload,
 	.xpo_release_rqst = svc_release_skb,
 	.xpo_detach = svc_tcp_sock_detach,
 	.xpo_free = svc_sock_free,
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/svc_rdma_recvfrom.c b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/svc_rdma_recvfrom.c
index 96bccd398469..71127d898562 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/svc_rdma_recvfrom.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/svc_rdma_recvfrom.c
@@ -193,6 +193,7 @@ void svc_rdma_recv_ctxts_destroy(struct svcxprt_rdma *rdma)
 
 out:
 	ctxt->rc_page_count = 0;
+	ctxt->rc_read_payload_length = 0;
 	return ctxt;
 
 out_empty:
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/svc_rdma_rw.c b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/svc_rdma_rw.c
index 48fe3b16b0d9..b0ac535c8728 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/svc_rdma_rw.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/svc_rdma_rw.c
@@ -482,18 +482,19 @@ static int svc_rdma_send_xdr_kvec(struct svc_rdma_write_info *info,
 				     vec->iov_len);
 }
 
-/* Send an xdr_buf's page list by itself. A Write chunk is
- * just the page list. a Reply chunk is the head, page list,
- * and tail. This function is shared between the two types
- * of chunk.
+/* Send an xdr_buf's page list by itself. A Write chunk is just
+ * the page list. A Reply chunk is @xdr's head, page list, and
+ * tail. This function is shared between the two types of chunk.
  */
 static int svc_rdma_send_xdr_pagelist(struct svc_rdma_write_info *info,
-				      struct xdr_buf *xdr)
+				      struct xdr_buf *xdr,
+				      unsigned int offset,
+				      unsigned long length)
 {
 	info->wi_xdr = xdr;
-	info->wi_next_off = 0;
+	info->wi_next_off = offset - xdr->head[0].iov_len;
 	return svc_rdma_build_writes(info, svc_rdma_pagelist_to_sg,
-				     xdr->page_len);
+				     length);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -501,6 +502,8 @@ static int svc_rdma_send_xdr_pagelist(struct svc_rdma_write_info *info,
  * @rdma: controlling RDMA transport
  * @wr_ch: Write chunk provided by client
  * @xdr: xdr_buf containing the data payload
+ * @offset: payload's byte offset in @xdr
+ * @length: size of payload, in bytes
  *
  * Returns a non-negative number of bytes the chunk consumed, or
  *	%-E2BIG if the payload was larger than the Write chunk,
@@ -510,19 +513,20 @@ static int svc_rdma_send_xdr_pagelist(struct svc_rdma_write_info *info,
  *	%-EIO if rdma_rw initialization failed (DMA mapping, etc).
  */
 int svc_rdma_send_write_chunk(struct svcxprt_rdma *rdma, __be32 *wr_ch,
-			      struct xdr_buf *xdr)
+			      struct xdr_buf *xdr,
+			      unsigned int offset, unsigned long length)
 {
 	struct svc_rdma_write_info *info;
 	int ret;
 
-	if (!xdr->page_len)
+	if (!length)
 		return 0;
 
 	info = svc_rdma_write_info_alloc(rdma, wr_ch);
 	if (!info)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	ret = svc_rdma_send_xdr_pagelist(info, xdr);
+	ret = svc_rdma_send_xdr_pagelist(info, xdr, offset, length);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		goto out_err;
 
@@ -531,7 +535,7 @@ int svc_rdma_send_write_chunk(struct svcxprt_rdma *rdma, __be32 *wr_ch,
 		goto out_err;
 
 	trace_svcrdma_encode_write(xdr->page_len);
-	return xdr->page_len;
+	return length;
 
 out_err:
 	svc_rdma_write_info_free(info);
@@ -571,7 +575,9 @@ int svc_rdma_send_reply_chunk(struct svcxprt_rdma *rdma, __be32 *rp_ch,
 	 * client did not provide Write chunks.
 	 */
 	if (!writelist && xdr->page_len) {
-		ret = svc_rdma_send_xdr_pagelist(info, xdr);
+		ret = svc_rdma_send_xdr_pagelist(info, xdr,
+						 xdr->head[0].iov_len,
+						 xdr->page_len);
 		if (ret < 0)
 			goto out_err;
 		consumed += xdr->page_len;
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/svc_rdma_sendto.c b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/svc_rdma_sendto.c
index f3f108090aa4..a11983c2056f 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/svc_rdma_sendto.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/svc_rdma_sendto.c
@@ -858,7 +858,18 @@ int svc_rdma_sendto(struct svc_rqst *rqstp)
 
 	if (wr_lst) {
 		/* XXX: Presume the client sent only one Write chunk */
-		ret = svc_rdma_send_write_chunk(rdma, wr_lst, xdr);
+		unsigned long offset;
+		unsigned int length;
+
+		if (rctxt->rc_read_payload_length) {
+			offset = rctxt->rc_read_payload_offset;
+			length = rctxt->rc_read_payload_length;
+		} else {
+			offset = xdr->head[0].iov_len;
+			length = xdr->page_len;
+		}
+		ret = svc_rdma_send_write_chunk(rdma, wr_lst, xdr, offset,
+						length);
 		if (ret < 0)
 			goto err2;
 		svc_rdma_xdr_encode_write_list(rdma_resp, wr_lst, ret);
@@ -900,3 +911,30 @@ int svc_rdma_sendto(struct svc_rqst *rqstp)
 	ret = -ENOTCONN;
 	goto out;
 }
+
+/**
+ * svc_rdma_read_payload - special processing for a READ payload
+ * @rqstp: svc_rqst to operate on
+ * @offset: payload's byte offset in @xdr
+ * @length: size of payload, in bytes
+ *
+ * Returns zero on success.
+ *
+ * For the moment, just record the xdr_buf location of the READ
+ * payload. svc_rdma_sendto will use that location later when
+ * we actually send the payload.
+ */
+int svc_rdma_read_payload(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, unsigned int offset,
+			  unsigned int length)
+{
+	struct svc_rdma_recv_ctxt *rctxt = rqstp->rq_xprt_ctxt;
+
+	/* XXX: Just one READ payload slot for now, since our
+	 * transport implementation currently supports only one
+	 * Write chunk.
+	 */
+	rctxt->rc_read_payload_offset = offset;
+	rctxt->rc_read_payload_length = length;
+
+	return 0;
+}
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/svc_rdma_transport.c b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/svc_rdma_transport.c
index 145a3615c319..f6aad2798063 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/svc_rdma_transport.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/svc_rdma_transport.c
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ static struct svc_xprt *svc_rdma_create(struct svc_serv *serv,
 	.xpo_create = svc_rdma_create,
 	.xpo_recvfrom = svc_rdma_recvfrom,
 	.xpo_sendto = svc_rdma_sendto,
+	.xpo_read_payload = svc_rdma_read_payload,
 	.xpo_release_rqst = svc_rdma_release_rqst,
 	.xpo_detach = svc_rdma_detach,
 	.xpo_free = svc_rdma_free,
