diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c
index d95d9015e50a..7507effc7c42 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c
@@ -1465,6 +1465,49 @@ static inline u32 nfsd4_create_rsize(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct nfsd4_op *op
 		+ nfs4_fattr_bitmap_maxsz) * sizeof(__be32);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Note since this is an idempotent operation we won't insist on failing
+ * the op prematurely if the estimate is too large.  We may turn off splice
+ * reads unnecessarily.
+ */
+static inline u32 nfsd4_getattr_rsize(struct svc_rqst *rqstp,
+				      struct nfsd4_op *op)
+{
+	u32 *bmap = op->u.getattr.ga_bmval;
+	u32 bmap0 = bmap[0], bmap1 = bmap[1], bmap2 = bmap[2];
+	u32 ret = 0;
+
+	if (bmap0 & FATTR4_WORD0_ACL)
+		return svc_max_payload(rqstp);
+	if (bmap0 & FATTR4_WORD0_FS_LOCATIONS)
+		return svc_max_payload(rqstp);
+
+	if (bmap1 & FATTR4_WORD1_OWNER) {
+		ret += IDMAP_NAMESZ + 4;
+		bmap1 &= ~FATTR4_WORD1_OWNER;
+	}
+	if (bmap1 & FATTR4_WORD1_OWNER_GROUP) {
+		ret += IDMAP_NAMESZ + 4;
+		bmap1 &= ~FATTR4_WORD1_OWNER_GROUP;
+	}
+	if (bmap0 & FATTR4_WORD0_FILEHANDLE) {
+		ret += NFS4_FHSIZE + 4;
+		bmap0 &= ~FATTR4_WORD0_FILEHANDLE;
+	}
+	if (bmap2 & FATTR4_WORD2_SECURITY_LABEL) {
+		ret += NFSD4_MAX_SEC_LABEL_LEN + 12;
+		bmap2 &= ~FATTR4_WORD2_SECURITY_LABEL;
+	}
+	/*
+	 * Largest of remaining attributes are 16 bytes (e.g.,
+	 * supported_attributes)
+	 */
+	ret += 16 * (hweight32(bmap0) + hweight32(bmap1) + hweight32(bmap2));
+	/* bitmask, length */
+	ret += 20;
+	return ret;
+}
+
 static inline u32 nfsd4_link_rsize(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct nfsd4_op *op)
 {
 	return (op_encode_hdr_size + op_encode_change_info_maxsz)
@@ -1603,6 +1646,7 @@ static struct nfsd4_operation nfsd4_ops[] = {
 	[OP_GETATTR] = {
 		.op_func = (nfsd4op_func)nfsd4_getattr,
 		.op_flags = ALLOWED_ON_ABSENT_FS,
+		.op_rsize_bop = nfsd4_getattr_rsize,
 		.op_name = "OP_GETATTR",
 	},
 	[OP_GETFH] = {