diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xdr.c b/net/sunrpc/xdr.c
index 2bbb8d38d2bf..5cfb9e0a18dc 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xdr.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xdr.c
@@ -673,11 +673,10 @@ void xdr_truncate_encode(struct xdr_stream *xdr, size_t len)
 		WARN_ON_ONCE(xdr->iov);
 		return;
 	}
-	if (fraglen) {
+	if (fraglen)
 		xdr->end = head->iov_base + head->iov_len;
-		xdr->page_ptr--;
-	}
 	/* (otherwise assume xdr->end is already set) */
+	xdr->page_ptr--;
 	head->iov_len = len;
 	buf->len = len;
 	xdr->p = head->iov_base + head->iov_len;