diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfscache.c b/fs/nfsd/nfscache.c
index 96cdf77..6e0b6f3 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfscache.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfscache.c
@@ -241,8 +241,8 @@ lru_put_end(struct nfsd_drc_bucket *b, struct svc_cacherep *rp)
 	list_move_tail(&rp->c_lru, &b->lru_head);
 }
 
-static long
-prune_bucket(struct nfsd_drc_bucket *b, struct nfsd_net *nn)
+static long prune_bucket(struct nfsd_drc_bucket *b, struct nfsd_net *nn,
+			 unsigned int max)
 {
 	struct svc_cacherep *rp, *tmp;
 	long freed = 0;
@@ -258,11 +258,17 @@ prune_bucket(struct nfsd_drc_bucket *b, struct nfsd_net *nn)
 		    time_before(jiffies, rp->c_timestamp + RC_EXPIRE))
 			break;
 		nfsd_reply_cache_free_locked(b, rp, nn);
-		freed++;
+		if (max && freed++ > max)
+			break;
 	}
 	return freed;
 }
 
+static long nfsd_prune_bucket(struct nfsd_drc_bucket *b, struct nfsd_net *nn)
+{
+	return prune_bucket(b, nn, 3);
+}
+
 /*
  * Walk the LRU list and prune off entries that are older than RC_EXPIRE.
  * Also prune the oldest ones when the total exceeds the max number of entries.
@@ -279,7 +285,7 @@ prune_cache_entries(struct nfsd_net *nn)
 		if (list_empty(&b->lru_head))
 			continue;
 		spin_lock(&b->cache_lock);
-		freed += prune_bucket(b, nn);
+		freed += prune_bucket(b, nn, 0);
 		spin_unlock(&b->cache_lock);
 	}
 	return freed;
@@ -453,8 +459,7 @@ int nfsd_cache_lookup(struct svc_rqst *rqstp)
 	atomic_inc(&nn->num_drc_entries);
 	nfsd_stats_drc_mem_usage_add(nn, sizeof(*rp));
 
-	/* go ahead and prune the cache */
-	prune_bucket(b, nn);
+	nfsd_prune_bucket(b, nn);
 
 out_unlock:
 	spin_unlock(&b->cache_lock);