diff --git a/fs/fuse/dev.c b/fs/fuse/dev.c
index 5cb8614508c3..2aaf3eaaf13d 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/dev.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/dev.c
@@ -1512,7 +1512,7 @@ static int fuse_retrieve(struct fuse_conn *fc, struct inode *inode,
 	else if (outarg->offset + num > file_size)
 		num = file_size - outarg->offset;
 
-	while (num) {
+	while (num && req->num_pages < FUSE_MAX_PAGES_PER_REQ) {
 		struct page *page;
 		unsigned int this_num;
 
@@ -1526,6 +1526,7 @@ static int fuse_retrieve(struct fuse_conn *fc, struct inode *inode,
 
 		num -= this_num;
 		total_len += this_num;
+		index++;
 	}
 	req->misc.retrieve_in.offset = outarg->offset;
 	req->misc.retrieve_in.size = total_len;