diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xdr.c b/net/sunrpc/xdr.c
index 6bdb3865212d..c4f3cc0c0775 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xdr.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xdr.c
@@ -797,6 +797,8 @@ void xdr_init_decode(struct xdr_stream *xdr, struct xdr_buf *buf, __be32 *p)
 		xdr_set_iov(xdr, buf->head, buf->len);
 	else if (buf->page_len != 0)
 		xdr_set_page_base(xdr, 0, buf->len);
+	else
+		xdr_set_iov(xdr, buf->head, buf->len);
 	if (p != NULL && p > xdr->p && xdr->end >= p) {
 		xdr->nwords -= p - xdr->p;
 		xdr->p = p;