diff --git a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_rpc_xdr.c b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_rpc_xdr.c
index 1ec19f6f0c2b..eeeba5adee6d 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_rpc_xdr.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_rpc_xdr.c
@@ -793,20 +793,26 @@ int gssx_dec_accept_sec_context(struct rpc_rqst *rqstp,
 {
 	u32 value_follows;
 	int err;
+	struct page *scratch;
+
+	scratch = alloc_page(GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!scratch)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	xdr_set_scratch_buffer(xdr, page_address(scratch), PAGE_SIZE);
 
 	/* res->status */
 	err = gssx_dec_status(xdr, &res->status);
 	if (err)
-		return err;
+		goto out_free;
 
 	/* res->context_handle */
 	err = gssx_dec_bool(xdr, &value_follows);
 	if (err)
-		return err;
+		goto out_free;
 	if (value_follows) {
 		err = gssx_dec_ctx(xdr, res->context_handle);
 		if (err)
-			return err;
+			goto out_free;
 	} else {
 		res->context_handle = NULL;
 	}
@@ -814,11 +820,11 @@ int gssx_dec_accept_sec_context(struct rpc_rqst *rqstp,
 	/* res->output_token */
 	err = gssx_dec_bool(xdr, &value_follows);
 	if (err)
-		return err;
+		goto out_free;
 	if (value_follows) {
 		err = gssx_dec_buffer(xdr, res->output_token);
 		if (err)
-			return err;
+			goto out_free;
 	} else {
 		res->output_token = NULL;
 	}
@@ -826,14 +832,17 @@ int gssx_dec_accept_sec_context(struct rpc_rqst *rqstp,
 	/* res->delegated_cred_handle */
 	err = gssx_dec_bool(xdr, &value_follows);
 	if (err)
-		return err;
+		goto out_free;
 	if (value_follows) {
 		/* we do not support upcall servers sending this data. */
-		return -EINVAL;
+		err = -EINVAL;
+		goto out_free;
 	}
 
 	/* res->options */
 	err = gssx_dec_option_array(xdr, &res->options);
 
+out_free:
+	__free_page(scratch);
 	return err;
 }