diff --git a/fs/nfs/read.c b/fs/nfs/read.c
index 53d5b83611ce..e818a475ca64 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/read.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/read.c
@@ -130,7 +130,6 @@ static void nfs_page_group_set_uptodate(struct nfs_page *req)
 		SetPageUptodate(req->wb_page);
 }
 
-/* Note io was page aligned */
 static void nfs_read_completion(struct nfs_pgio_header *hdr)
 {
 	unsigned long bytes = 0;
@@ -140,14 +139,25 @@ static void nfs_read_completion(struct nfs_pgio_header *hdr)
 	while (!list_empty(&hdr->pages)) {
 		struct nfs_page *req = nfs_list_entry(hdr->pages.next);
 		struct page *page = req->wb_page;
+		unsigned long start = req->wb_pgbase;
+		unsigned long end = req->wb_pgbase + req->wb_bytes;
 
 		if (test_bit(NFS_IOHDR_EOF, &hdr->flags)) {
-			if (bytes > hdr->good_bytes)
-				zero_user(page, 0, PAGE_SIZE);
-			else if (hdr->good_bytes - bytes < PAGE_SIZE)
-				zero_user_segment(page,
-					hdr->good_bytes & ~PAGE_MASK,
-					PAGE_SIZE);
+			/* note: regions of the page not covered by a
+			 * request are zeroed in nfs_readpage_async /
+			 * readpage_async_filler */
+			if (bytes > hdr->good_bytes) {
+				/* nothing in this request was good, so zero
+				 * the full extent of the request */
+				zero_user_segment(page, start, end);
+
+			} else if (hdr->good_bytes - bytes < req->wb_bytes) {
+				/* part of this request has good bytes, but
+				 * not all. zero the bad bytes */
+				start += hdr->good_bytes - bytes;
+				WARN_ON(start < req->wb_pgbase);
+				zero_user_segment(page, start, end);
+			}
 		}
 		bytes += req->wb_bytes;
 		if (test_bit(NFS_IOHDR_ERROR, &hdr->flags)) {