diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfsproc.c b/fs/nfsd/nfsproc.c
index 6f7f263..e298e26 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfsproc.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfsproc.c
@@ -180,6 +180,7 @@
 {
 	__be32	nfserr;
 	int	stable = 1;
+	unsigned long cnt = argp->len;
 
 	dprintk("nfsd: WRITE    %s %d bytes at %d\n",
 		SVCFH_fmt(&argp->fh),
@@ -188,7 +189,7 @@
 	nfserr = nfsd_write(rqstp, fh_copy(&resp->fh, &argp->fh), NULL,
 				   argp->offset,
 				   rqstp->rq_vec, argp->vlen,
-				   argp->len,
+			           &cnt,
 				   &stable);
 	return nfsd_return_attrs(nfserr, resp);
 }