diff --git a/net/sunrpc/svc.c b/net/sunrpc/svc.c
index 664979bee1d2..3bf5a54982ba 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/svc.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/svc.c
@@ -587,7 +587,9 @@ svc_init_buffer(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, unsigned int size, int node)
 				       * We assume one is at most one page
 				       */
 	arghi = 0;
-	BUG_ON(pages > RPCSVC_MAXPAGES);
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(pages > RPCSVC_MAXPAGES);
+	if (pages > RPCSVC_MAXPAGES)
+		pages = RPCSVC_MAXPAGES;
 	while (pages) {
 		struct page *p = alloc_pages_node(node, GFP_KERNEL, 0);
 		if (!p)
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c b/net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c
index be89bb67f0ae..35fa74b09f77 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c
@@ -579,7 +579,10 @@ int svc_alloc_arg(struct svc_rqst *rqstp)
 
 	/* now allocate needed pages.  If we get a failure, sleep briefly */
 	pages = (serv->sv_max_mesg + PAGE_SIZE) / PAGE_SIZE;
-	BUG_ON(pages >= RPCSVC_MAXPAGES);
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(pages >= RPCSVC_MAXPAGES);
+	if (pages >= RPCSVC_MAXPAGES)
+		/* use as many pages as possible */
+		pages = RPCSVC_MAXPAGES - 1;
 	for (i = 0; i < pages ; i++)
 		while (rqstp->rq_pages[i] == NULL) {
 			struct page *p = alloc_page(GFP_KERNEL);