struct folio_batch      rq_fbatch;
        struct kvec             rq_vec[RPCSVC_MAXPAGES]; /* generally useful.. */
-       struct bio_vec          rq_bvec[RPCSVC_MAXPAGES];
+       struct bio_vec          *rq_bvec;
 
        __be32                  rq_xid;         /* transmission id */
        u32                     rq_prog;        /* program number */
 
 svc_rqst_free(struct svc_rqst *rqstp)
 {
        folio_batch_release(&rqstp->rq_fbatch);
+       kfree(rqstp->rq_bvec);
        svc_release_buffer(rqstp);
        if (rqstp->rq_scratch_page)
                put_page(rqstp->rq_scratch_page);
        if (!svc_init_buffer(rqstp, serv, node))
                goto out_enomem;
 
+       rqstp->rq_bvec = kcalloc_node(rqstp->rq_maxpages,
+                                     sizeof(struct bio_vec),
+                                     GFP_KERNEL, node);
+       if (!rqstp->rq_bvec)
+               goto out_enomem;
+
        rqstp->rq_err = -EAGAIN; /* No error yet */
 
        serv->sv_nrthreads += 1;
 
        if (svc_xprt_is_dead(xprt))
                goto out_notconn;
 
-       count = xdr_buf_to_bvec(rqstp->rq_bvec,
-                               ARRAY_SIZE(rqstp->rq_bvec), xdr);
+       count = xdr_buf_to_bvec(rqstp->rq_bvec, rqstp->rq_maxpages, xdr);
 
        iov_iter_bvec(&msg.msg_iter, ITER_SOURCE, rqstp->rq_bvec,
                      count, rqstp->rq_res.len);
        memcpy(buf, &marker, sizeof(marker));
        bvec_set_virt(rqstp->rq_bvec, buf, sizeof(marker));
 
-       count = xdr_buf_to_bvec(rqstp->rq_bvec + 1,
-                               ARRAY_SIZE(rqstp->rq_bvec) - 1, &rqstp->rq_res);
+       count = xdr_buf_to_bvec(rqstp->rq_bvec + 1, rqstp->rq_maxpages,
+                               &rqstp->rq_res);
 
        iov_iter_bvec(&msg.msg_iter, ITER_SOURCE, rqstp->rq_bvec,
                      1 + count, sizeof(marker) + rqstp->rq_res.len);