diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
index 8e22ea485f99..612b85ac414b 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
@@ -2208,11 +2208,13 @@ nfsd4_sequence(struct svc_rqst *rqstp,
 	       struct nfsd4_sequence *seq)
 {
 	struct nfsd4_compoundres *resp = rqstp->rq_resp;
+	struct xdr_stream *xdr = &resp->xdr;
 	struct nfsd4_session *session;
 	struct nfs4_client *clp;
 	struct nfsd4_slot *slot;
 	struct nfsd4_conn *conn;
 	__be32 status;
+	int buflen;
 	struct nfsd_net *nn = net_generic(SVC_NET(rqstp), nfsd_net_id);
 
 	if (resp->opcnt != 1)
@@ -2281,6 +2283,15 @@ nfsd4_sequence(struct svc_rqst *rqstp,
 	if (status)
 		goto out_put_session;
 
+	buflen = (seq->cachethis) ?
+			session->se_fchannel.maxresp_cached :
+			session->se_fchannel.maxresp_sz;
+	status = (seq->cachethis) ? nfserr_rep_too_big_to_cache :
+				    nfserr_rep_too_big;
+	if (xdr_restrict_buflen(xdr, buflen - 2 * RPC_MAX_AUTH_SIZE))
+		goto out_put_session;
+
+	status = nfs_ok;
 	/* Success! bump slot seqid */
 	slot->sl_seqid = seq->seqid;
 	slot->sl_flags |= NFSD4_SLOT_INUSE;
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c
index 1278d98a923c..5e7bac4a7e71 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c
@@ -3767,25 +3767,17 @@ static nfsd4_enc nfsd4_enc_ops[] = {
 __be32 nfsd4_check_resp_size(struct nfsd4_compoundres *resp, u32 respsize)
 {
 	struct xdr_buf *buf = &resp->rqstp->rq_res;
-	struct nfsd4_session *session = resp->cstate.session;
+	struct nfsd4_slot *slot = resp->cstate.slot;
 
-	if (nfsd4_has_session(&resp->cstate)) {
-		struct nfsd4_slot *slot = resp->cstate.slot;
-
-		if (buf->len + respsize > session->se_fchannel.maxresp_sz)
-			return nfserr_rep_too_big;
-
-		if ((slot->sl_flags & NFSD4_SLOT_CACHETHIS) &&
-		    buf->len + respsize > session->se_fchannel.maxresp_cached)
-			return nfserr_rep_too_big_to_cache;
-	}
-
-	if (buf->len + respsize > buf->buflen) {
-		WARN_ON_ONCE(nfsd4_has_session(&resp->cstate));
+	if (buf->len + respsize <= buf->buflen)
+		return nfs_ok;
+	if (!nfsd4_has_session(&resp->cstate))
 		return nfserr_resource;
+	if (slot->sl_flags & NFSD4_SLOT_CACHETHIS) {
+		WARN_ON_ONCE(1);
+		return nfserr_rep_too_big_to_cache;
 	}
-
-	return 0;
+	return nfserr_rep_too_big;
 }
 
 void