diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xdr.c b/net/sunrpc/xdr.c
index 69846c6574ef..dd547edee59f 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xdr.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xdr.c
@@ -1036,6 +1036,7 @@ xdr_buf_subsegment(struct xdr_buf *buf, struct xdr_buf *subbuf,
 		base = 0;
 	} else {
 		base -= buf->head[0].iov_len;
+		subbuf->head[0].iov_base = buf->head[0].iov_base;
 		subbuf->head[0].iov_len = 0;
 	}
 
@@ -1048,6 +1049,8 @@ xdr_buf_subsegment(struct xdr_buf *buf, struct xdr_buf *subbuf,
 		base = 0;
 	} else {
 		base -= buf->page_len;
+		subbuf->pages = buf->pages;
+		subbuf->page_base = 0;
 		subbuf->page_len = 0;
 	}
 
@@ -1059,6 +1062,7 @@ xdr_buf_subsegment(struct xdr_buf *buf, struct xdr_buf *subbuf,
 		base = 0;
 	} else {
 		base -= buf->tail[0].iov_len;
+		subbuf->tail[0].iov_base = buf->tail[0].iov_base;
 		subbuf->tail[0].iov_len = 0;
 	}