diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfscache.c b/fs/nfsd/nfscache.c
index 80621a70951073138bd6da22220d67eec89fcad0..abb453be71ca3f106c8a62caa0911103fdd40b5b 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfscache.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfscache.c
@@ -640,24 +640,17 @@ void nfsd_cache_update(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct nfsd_cacherep *rp,
 	return;
 }
 
-/*
- * Copy cached reply to current reply buffer. Should always fit.
- * FIXME as reply is in a page, we should just attach the page, and
- * keep a refcount....
- */
 static int
 nfsd_cache_append(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct kvec *data)
 {
-	struct kvec	*vec = &rqstp->rq_res.head[0];
-
-	if (vec->iov_len + data->iov_len > PAGE_SIZE) {
-		printk(KERN_WARNING "nfsd: cached reply too large (%zd).\n",
-				data->iov_len);
-		return 0;
-	}
-	memcpy((char*)vec->iov_base + vec->iov_len, data->iov_base, data->iov_len);
-	vec->iov_len += data->iov_len;
-	return 1;
+	__be32 *p;
+
+	p = xdr_reserve_space(&rqstp->rq_res_stream, data->iov_len);
+	if (unlikely(!p))
+		return false;
+	memcpy(p, data->iov_base, data->iov_len);
+	xdr_commit_encode(&rqstp->rq_res_stream);
+	return true;
 }
 
 /*