diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs3proc.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs3proc.c
index 9e289e0f439b..7ea2fb127f6f 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs3proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs3proc.c
@@ -444,6 +444,7 @@ nfsd3_proc_readdir(struct svc_rqst *rqstp)
 	struct nfsd3_readdirargs *argp = rqstp->rq_argp;
 	struct nfsd3_readdirres  *resp = rqstp->rq_resp;
 	int		count = 0;
+	loff_t		offset;
 	struct page	**p;
 	caddr_t		page_addr = NULL;
 
@@ -462,7 +463,9 @@ nfsd3_proc_readdir(struct svc_rqst *rqstp)
 	resp->common.err = nfs_ok;
 	resp->buffer = argp->buffer;
 	resp->rqstp = rqstp;
-	resp->status = nfsd_readdir(rqstp, &resp->fh, (loff_t *)&argp->cookie,
+	offset = argp->cookie;
+
+	resp->status = nfsd_readdir(rqstp, &resp->fh, &offset,
 				    &resp->common, nfs3svc_encode_entry);
 	memcpy(resp->verf, argp->verf, 8);
 	count = 0;
@@ -478,8 +481,6 @@ nfsd3_proc_readdir(struct svc_rqst *rqstp)
 	}
 	resp->count = count >> 2;
 	if (resp->offset) {
-		loff_t offset = argp->cookie;
-
 		if (unlikely(resp->offset1)) {
 			/* we ended up with offset on a page boundary */
 			*resp->offset = htonl(offset >> 32);