diff --git a/include/linux/sunrpc/xdr.h b/include/linux/sunrpc/xdr.h
index 4417f667c757..3a2c714d6b62 100644
--- a/include/linux/sunrpc/xdr.h
+++ b/include/linux/sunrpc/xdr.h
@@ -405,8 +405,8 @@ static inline int xdr_stream_encode_item_absent(struct xdr_stream *xdr)
  */
 static inline __be32 *xdr_encode_bool(__be32 *p, u32 n)
 {
-	*p = n ? xdr_one : xdr_zero;
-	return p++;
+	*p++ = n ? xdr_one : xdr_zero;
+	return p;
 }
 
 /**