diff --git a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/svcauth_gss.c b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/svcauth_gss.c
index 22886097d8ee..e085f5ae1548 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/svcauth_gss.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/svcauth_gss.c
@@ -856,8 +856,8 @@ unwrap_integ_data(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct xdr_buf *buf, u32 seq, struct g
 		goto out;
 	if (svc_getnl(&buf->head[0]) != seq)
 		goto out;
-	/* trim off the mic at the end before returning */
-	xdr_buf_trim(buf, mic.len + 4);
+	/* trim off the mic and padding at the end before returning */
+	xdr_buf_trim(buf, round_up_to_quad(mic.len) + 4);
 	stat = 0;
 out:
 	kfree(mic.data);