diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
index d60c2d8..4063dc5 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
@@ -5966,11 +5966,58 @@
 	dprintk("<-- %s\n", __func__);
 }
 
+static size_t max_response_pages(struct nfs_server *server)
+{
+	u32 max_resp_sz = server->nfs_client->cl_session->fc_attrs.max_resp_sz;
+	return nfs_page_array_len(0, max_resp_sz);
+}
+
+static void nfs4_free_pages(struct page **pages, size_t size)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	if (!pages)
+		return;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < size; i++) {
+		if (!pages[i])
+			break;
+		__free_page(pages[i]);
+	}
+	kfree(pages);
+}
+
+static struct page **nfs4_alloc_pages(size_t size, gfp_t gfp_flags)
+{
+	struct page **pages;
+	int i;
+
+	pages = kcalloc(size, sizeof(struct page *), gfp_flags);
+	if (!pages) {
+		dprintk("%s: can't alloc array of %zu pages\n", __func__, size);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	for (i = 0; i < size; i++) {
+		pages[i] = alloc_page(gfp_flags);
+		if (!pages[i]) {
+			dprintk("%s: failed to allocate page\n", __func__);
+			nfs4_free_pages(pages, size);
+			return NULL;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return pages;
+}
+
 static void nfs4_layoutget_release(void *calldata)
 {
 	struct nfs4_layoutget *lgp = calldata;
+	struct nfs_server *server = NFS_SERVER(lgp->args.inode);
+	size_t max_pages = max_response_pages(server);
 
 	dprintk("--> %s\n", __func__);
+	nfs4_free_pages(lgp->args.layout.pages, max_pages);
 	put_nfs_open_context(lgp->args.ctx);
 	kfree(calldata);
 	dprintk("<-- %s\n", __func__);
@@ -5982,9 +6029,10 @@
 	.rpc_release = nfs4_layoutget_release,
 };
 
-int nfs4_proc_layoutget(struct nfs4_layoutget *lgp)
+int nfs4_proc_layoutget(struct nfs4_layoutget *lgp, gfp_t gfp_flags)
 {
 	struct nfs_server *server = NFS_SERVER(lgp->args.inode);
+	size_t max_pages = max_response_pages(server);
 	struct rpc_task *task;
 	struct rpc_message msg = {
 		.rpc_proc = &nfs4_procedures[NFSPROC4_CLNT_LAYOUTGET],
@@ -6002,6 +6050,13 @@
 
 	dprintk("--> %s\n", __func__);
 
+	lgp->args.layout.pages = nfs4_alloc_pages(max_pages, gfp_flags);
+	if (!lgp->args.layout.pages) {
+		nfs4_layoutget_release(lgp);
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+	lgp->args.layout.pglen = max_pages * PAGE_SIZE;
+
 	lgp->res.layoutp = &lgp->args.layout;
 	lgp->res.seq_res.sr_slot = NULL;
 	nfs41_init_sequence(&lgp->args.seq_args, &lgp->res.seq_res, 0);