diff --git a/net/sunrpc/svc.c b/net/sunrpc/svc.c
index 94eed9b..8281a04 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/svc.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/svc.c
@@ -840,9 +840,9 @@
 	rqstp->rq_res.tail[0].iov_len = 0;
 	/* Will be turned off only in gss privacy case: */
 	rqstp->rq_splice_ok = 1;
-	/* tcp needs a space for the record length... */
-	if (rqstp->rq_prot == IPPROTO_TCP)
-		svc_putnl(resv, 0);
+
+	/* Setup reply header */
+	rqstp->rq_xprt->xpt_ops->xpo_prep_reply_hdr(rqstp);
 
 	rqstp->rq_xid = svc_getu32(argv);
 	svc_putu32(resv, rqstp->rq_xid);