diff --git a/fs/nfs/pnfs.c b/fs/nfs/pnfs.c
index cc807fe..a7dc336 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/pnfs.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/pnfs.c
@@ -911,7 +911,7 @@
  * Layout segment is retreived from the server if not cached.
  * The appropriate layout segment is referenced and returned to the caller.
  */
-static struct pnfs_layout_segment *
+struct pnfs_layout_segment *
 pnfs_update_layout(struct inode *ino,
 		   struct nfs_open_context *ctx,
 		   loff_t pos,
@@ -980,7 +980,8 @@
 		arg.offset -= pg_offset;
 		arg.length += pg_offset;
 	}
-	arg.length = PAGE_CACHE_ALIGN(arg.length);
+	if (arg.length != NFS4_MAX_UINT64)
+		arg.length = PAGE_CACHE_ALIGN(arg.length);
 
 	lseg = send_layoutget(lo, ctx, &arg, gfp_flags);
 	if (!lseg && first) {
@@ -998,6 +999,7 @@
 	spin_unlock(&ino->i_lock);
 	goto out;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(pnfs_update_layout);
 
 int
 pnfs_layout_process(struct nfs4_layoutget *lgp)