diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4xdr.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4xdr.c
index 95e92e43..33bd8d0 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4xdr.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4xdr.c
@@ -2522,7 +2522,6 @@
 
 	xdr_inline_pages(&req->rq_rcv_buf, replen << 2,
 		args->acl_pages, args->acl_pgbase, args->acl_len);
-	xdr_set_scratch_buffer(xdr, page_address(args->acl_scratch), PAGE_SIZE);
 
 	encode_nops(&hdr);
 }
@@ -6032,6 +6031,10 @@
 	struct compound_hdr hdr;
 	int status;
 
+	if (res->acl_scratch != NULL) {
+		void *p = page_address(res->acl_scratch);
+		xdr_set_scratch_buffer(xdr, p, PAGE_SIZE);
+	}
 	status = decode_compound_hdr(xdr, &hdr);
 	if (status)
 		goto out;