{
        struct nfs_server *server = NFS_SERVER(inode);
        struct nfs_fattr fattr;
-       struct page *pages[NFSACL_MAXPAGES] = { };
+       struct page *pages[NFSACL_MAXPAGES];
        struct nfs3_setaclargs args = {
                .inode = inode,
                .mask = NFS_ACL,
                .rpc_argp       = &args,
                .rpc_resp       = &fattr,
        };
-       int status, count;
+       int status;
 
        status = -EOPNOTSUPP;
        if (!nfs_server_capable(inode, NFS_CAP_ACLS))
        if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode)) {
                args.mask |= NFS_DFACL;
                args.acl_default = dfacl;
+               args.len = nfsacl_size(acl, dfacl);
+       } else
+               args.len = nfsacl_size(acl, NULL);
+
+       if (args.len > NFS_ACL_INLINE_BUFSIZE) {
+               unsigned int npages = 1 + ((args.len - 1) >> PAGE_SHIFT);
+
+               status = -ENOMEM;
+               do {
+                       args.pages[args.npages] = alloc_page(GFP_KERNEL);
+                       if (args.pages[args.npages] == NULL)
+                               goto out_freepages;
+                       args.npages++;
+               } while (args.npages < npages);
        }
 
        dprintk("NFS call setacl\n");
        nfs_zap_acl_cache(inode);
        dprintk("NFS reply setacl: %d\n", status);
 
-       /* pages may have been allocated at the xdr layer. */
-       for (count = 0; count < NFSACL_MAXPAGES && args.pages[count]; count++)
-               __free_page(args.pages[count]);
-
        switch (status) {
                case 0:
                        status = nfs_refresh_inode(inode, &fattr);
                case -ENOTSUPP:
                        status = -EOPNOTSUPP;
        }
+out_freepages:
+       while (args.npages != 0) {
+               args.npages--;
+               __free_page(args.pages[args.npages]);
+       }
 out:
        return status;
 }
 
 #define NFS3_commitres_sz      (1+NFS3_wcc_data_sz+2)
 
 #define ACL3_getaclargs_sz     (NFS3_fh_sz+1)
-#define ACL3_setaclargs_sz     (NFS3_fh_sz+1+2*(2+5*3))
-#define ACL3_getaclres_sz      (1+NFS3_post_op_attr_sz+1+2*(2+5*3))
+#define ACL3_setaclargs_sz     (NFS3_fh_sz+1+ \
+                               XDR_QUADLEN(NFS_ACL_INLINE_BUFSIZE))
+#define ACL3_getaclres_sz      (1+NFS3_post_op_attr_sz+1+ \
+                               XDR_QUADLEN(NFS_ACL_INLINE_BUFSIZE))
 #define ACL3_setaclres_sz      (1+NFS3_post_op_attr_sz)
 
 /*
                    struct nfs3_setaclargs *args)
 {
        struct xdr_buf *buf = &req->rq_snd_buf;
-       unsigned int base, len_in_head, len = nfsacl_size(
-               (args->mask & NFS_ACL)   ? args->acl_access  : NULL,
-               (args->mask & NFS_DFACL) ? args->acl_default : NULL);
-       int count, err;
+       unsigned int base;
+       int err;
 
        p = xdr_encode_fhandle(p, NFS_FH(args->inode));
        *p++ = htonl(args->mask);
-       base = (char *)p - (char *)buf->head->iov_base;
-       /* put as much of the acls into head as possible. */
-       len_in_head = min_t(unsigned int, buf->head->iov_len - base, len);
-       len -= len_in_head;
-       req->rq_slen = xdr_adjust_iovec(req->rq_svec, p + (len_in_head >> 2));
-
-       for (count = 0; (count << PAGE_SHIFT) < len; count++) {
-               args->pages[count] = alloc_page(GFP_KERNEL);
-               if (!args->pages[count]) {
-                       while (count)
-                               __free_page(args->pages[--count]);
-                       return -ENOMEM;
-               }
-       }
-       xdr_encode_pages(buf, args->pages, 0, len);
+       req->rq_slen = xdr_adjust_iovec(req->rq_svec, p);
+       base = req->rq_slen;
+
+       if (args->npages != 0)
+               xdr_encode_pages(buf, args->pages, 0, args->len);
+       else
+               req->rq_slen += args->len;
 
        err = nfsacl_encode(buf, base, args->inode,
                            (args->mask & NFS_ACL) ?