diff --git a/net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c b/net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c
index 682058a..796eebf 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c
@@ -663,7 +663,7 @@ static int svc_alloc_arg(struct svc_rqst *rqstp)
 {
 	struct svc_serv *serv = rqstp->rq_server;
 	struct xdr_buf *arg = &rqstp->rq_arg;
-	unsigned long pages, filled;
+	unsigned long pages, filled, ret;
 
 	pagevec_init(&rqstp->rq_pvec);
 
@@ -675,11 +675,12 @@ static int svc_alloc_arg(struct svc_rqst *rqstp)
 		pages = RPCSVC_MAXPAGES;
 	}
 
-	for (;;) {
-		filled = alloc_pages_bulk_array(GFP_KERNEL, pages,
-						rqstp->rq_pages);
-		if (filled == pages)
-			break;
+	for (filled = 0; filled < pages; filled = ret) {
+		ret = alloc_pages_bulk_array(GFP_KERNEL, pages,
+					     rqstp->rq_pages);
+		if (ret > filled)
+			/* Made progress, don't sleep yet */
+			continue;
 
 		set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
 		if (signalled() || kthread_should_stop()) {