diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c
index 61ebc28cad9e50..3d263fd20df08c 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c
@@ -4859,7 +4859,7 @@ nfsd4_encode_listxattrs(struct nfsd4_compoundres *resp, __be32 nfserr,
 			goto out;
 		}
 
-		p = xdr_encode_opaque(p, sp, slen);
+		xdr_encode_opaque(p, sp, slen);
 
 		xdrleft -= xdrlen;
 		count++;