diff --git a/fs/nfs/pagelist.c b/fs/nfs/pagelist.c
index 08085de879ed..ed0db61f8543 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/pagelist.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/pagelist.c
@@ -752,12 +752,11 @@ int nfs_generic_pgio(struct nfs_pageio_descriptor *desc,
 		nfs_list_remove_request(req);
 		nfs_list_add_request(req, &hdr->pages);
 
-		if (WARN_ON_ONCE(pageused >= pagecount))
-			return nfs_pgio_error(desc, hdr);
-
 		if (!last_page || last_page != req->wb_page) {
-			*pages++ = last_page = req->wb_page;
 			pageused++;
+			if (pageused > pagecount)
+				break;
+			*pages++ = last_page = req->wb_page;
 		}
 	}
 	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(pageused != pagecount))