1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/net/sunrpc/clnt.c b/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
index 12487aafaab5..e7dc09ecc470 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
@@ -774,7 +774,8 @@ call_allocate(struct rpc_task *task)
         req->rq_rcvsize = RPC_REPHDRSIZE + slack + proc->p_replen;
         req->rq_rcvsize <<= 2;
 
-        xprt->ops->buf_alloc(task, req->rq_callsize + req->rq_rcvsize);
+        req->rq_buffer = xprt->ops->buf_alloc(task,
+                                        req->rq_callsize + req->rq_rcvsize);
         if (req->rq_buffer != NULL)
                 return;