diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c
index 50bc942..793a0b0 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c
@@ -740,7 +740,7 @@
 	struct svc_fh	*current_fh = NULL;
 	struct svc_fh	*save_fh = NULL;
 	struct nfs4_stateowner *replay_owner = NULL;
-	int		slack_space;    /* in words, not bytes! */
+	int		slack_bytes;
 	__be32		status;
 
 	status = nfserr_resource;
@@ -790,10 +790,10 @@
 		 * failed response to the next operation.  If we don't
 		 * have enough room, fail with ERR_RESOURCE.
 		 */
-/* FIXME - is slack_space *really* words, or bytes??? - neilb */
-		slack_space = (char *)resp->end - (char *)resp->p;
-		if (slack_space < COMPOUND_SLACK_SPACE + COMPOUND_ERR_SLACK_SPACE) {
-			BUG_ON(slack_space < COMPOUND_ERR_SLACK_SPACE);
+		slack_bytes = (char *)resp->end - (char *)resp->p;
+		if (slack_bytes < COMPOUND_SLACK_SPACE
+				+ COMPOUND_ERR_SLACK_SPACE) {
+			BUG_ON(slack_bytes < COMPOUND_ERR_SLACK_SPACE);
 			op->status = nfserr_resource;
 			goto encode_op;
 		}
diff --git a/include/linux/nfsd/nfsd.h b/include/linux/nfsd/nfsd.h
index edb54c3..0727774 100644
--- a/include/linux/nfsd/nfsd.h
+++ b/include/linux/nfsd/nfsd.h
@@ -275,12 +275,12 @@
  * we might process an operation with side effects, and be unable to
  * tell the client that the operation succeeded.
  *
- * COMPOUND_SLACK_SPACE - this is the minimum amount of buffer space
+ * COMPOUND_SLACK_SPACE - this is the minimum bytes of buffer space
  * needed to encode an "ordinary" _successful_ operation.  (GETATTR,
  * READ, READDIR, and READLINK have their own buffer checks.)  if we
  * fall below this level, we fail the next operation with NFS4ERR_RESOURCE.
  *
- * COMPOUND_ERR_SLACK_SPACE - this is the minimum amount of buffer space
+ * COMPOUND_ERR_SLACK_SPACE - this is the minimum bytes of buffer space
  * needed to encode an operation which has failed with NFS4ERR_RESOURCE.
  * care is taken to ensure that we never fall below this level for any
  * reason.