int                     mirror_count;
 
        ssize_t                 count,          /* bytes actually processed */
+                               max_count,      /* max expected count */
                                bytes_left,     /* bytes left to be sent */
                                io_start,       /* start of IO */
                                error;          /* any reported error */
        int i;
        ssize_t count;
 
+       WARN_ON_ONCE(dreq->count >= dreq->max_count);
+
        if (dreq->mirror_count == 1) {
                dreq->mirrors[hdr->pgio_mirror_idx].count += hdr->good_bytes;
                dreq->count += hdr->good_bytes;
                goto out_unlock;
 
        dreq->inode = inode;
-       dreq->bytes_left = count;
+       dreq->bytes_left = dreq->max_count = count;
        dreq->io_start = pos;
        dreq->ctx = get_nfs_open_context(nfs_file_open_context(iocb->ki_filp));
        l_ctx = nfs_get_lock_context(dreq->ctx);
                goto out_unlock;
 
        dreq->inode = inode;
-       dreq->bytes_left = iov_iter_count(iter);
+       dreq->bytes_left = dreq->max_count = iov_iter_count(iter);
        dreq->io_start = pos;
        dreq->ctx = get_nfs_open_context(nfs_file_open_context(iocb->ki_filp));
        l_ctx = nfs_get_lock_context(dreq->ctx);