diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
index c189722bf9c7..714457bb1440 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
@@ -5212,8 +5212,6 @@ static int _nfs4_get_security_label(struct inode *inode, void *buf,
 		return ret;
 	if (!(fattr.valid & NFS_ATTR_FATTR_V4_SECURITY_LABEL))
 		return -ENOENT;
-	if (buflen < label.len)
-		return -ERANGE;
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4xdr.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4xdr.c
index d7f8d5ce30e3..0a7c4e30a385 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4xdr.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4xdr.c
@@ -4163,7 +4163,11 @@ static int decode_attr_security_label(struct xdr_stream *xdr, uint32_t *bitmap,
 			goto out_overflow;
 		if (len < NFS4_MAXLABELLEN) {
 			if (label) {
-				memcpy(label->label, p, len);
+				if (label->len) {
+					if (label->len < len)
+						return -ERANGE;
+					memcpy(label->label, p, len);
+				}
 				label->len = len;
 				label->pi = pi;
 				label->lfs = lfs;