diff --git a/fs/nfs/blocklayout/blocklayout.c b/fs/nfs/blocklayout/blocklayout.c
index 1d1d7abc3205..6be13e0ec170 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/blocklayout/blocklayout.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/blocklayout/blocklayout.c
@@ -895,10 +895,9 @@ bl_pg_init_write(struct nfs_pageio_descriptor *pgio, struct nfs_page *req)
 	}
 
 	if (pgio->pg_dreq == NULL)
-		wb_size = pnfs_num_cont_bytes(pgio->pg_inode,
-					      req->wb_index);
+		wb_size = pnfs_num_cont_bytes(pgio->pg_inode, req->wb_index);
 	else
-		wb_size = nfs_dreq_bytes_left(pgio->pg_dreq);
+		wb_size = nfs_dreq_bytes_left(pgio->pg_dreq, req_offset(req));
 
 	pnfs_generic_pg_init_write(pgio, req, wb_size);
 
diff --git a/fs/nfs/direct.c b/fs/nfs/direct.c
index 3bb530d4bb5c..8fdb65e1b14a 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/direct.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/direct.c
@@ -195,9 +195,10 @@ static void nfs_direct_req_release(struct nfs_direct_req *dreq)
 	kref_put(&dreq->kref, nfs_direct_req_free);
 }
 
-ssize_t nfs_dreq_bytes_left(struct nfs_direct_req *dreq)
+ssize_t nfs_dreq_bytes_left(struct nfs_direct_req *dreq, loff_t offset)
 {
-	return dreq->bytes_left;
+	loff_t start = offset - dreq->io_start;
+	return dreq->max_count - start;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nfs_dreq_bytes_left);
 
diff --git a/fs/nfs/internal.h b/fs/nfs/internal.h
index 4b07a0508f9d..35a8ae46b6c3 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/internal.h
+++ b/fs/nfs/internal.h
@@ -640,7 +640,7 @@ extern int nfs_sillyrename(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry);
 /* direct.c */
 void nfs_init_cinfo_from_dreq(struct nfs_commit_info *cinfo,
 			      struct nfs_direct_req *dreq);
-extern ssize_t nfs_dreq_bytes_left(struct nfs_direct_req *dreq);
+extern ssize_t nfs_dreq_bytes_left(struct nfs_direct_req *dreq, loff_t offset);
 
 /* nfs4proc.c */
 extern struct nfs_client *nfs4_init_client(struct nfs_client *clp,
diff --git a/fs/nfs/pnfs.c b/fs/nfs/pnfs.c
index 1ffb1068216b..4448ff829cbb 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/pnfs.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/pnfs.c
@@ -2729,7 +2729,8 @@ pnfs_generic_pg_init_read(struct nfs_pageio_descriptor *pgio, struct nfs_page *r
 		if (pgio->pg_dreq == NULL)
 			rd_size = i_size_read(pgio->pg_inode) - req_offset(req);
 		else
-			rd_size = nfs_dreq_bytes_left(pgio->pg_dreq);
+			rd_size = nfs_dreq_bytes_left(pgio->pg_dreq,
+						      req_offset(req));
 
 		pgio->pg_lseg =
 			pnfs_update_layout(pgio->pg_inode, nfs_req_openctx(req),