diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c b/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
index 449f193b5a88..8ffc54b6661f 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
@@ -432,7 +432,8 @@ xs_read_xdr_buf(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg, int flags,
 		if (ret <= 0)
 			goto sock_err;
 		xs_flush_bvec(buf->bvec, ret, seek + buf->page_base);
-		offset += ret - buf->page_base;
+		ret -= buf->page_base;
+		offset += ret;
 		if (offset == count || msg->msg_flags & (MSG_EOR|MSG_TRUNC))
 			goto out;
 		if (ret != want)