diff --git a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/svcauth_gss.c b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/svcauth_gss.c
index 3d685fe328fa..475a965b7b43 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/svcauth_gss.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/svcauth_gss.c
@@ -194,6 +194,8 @@ static void rsi_request(struct cache_detail *cd,
 	qword_addhex(bpp, blen, rsii->in_handle.data, rsii->in_handle.len);
 	qword_addhex(bpp, blen, rsii->in_token.data, rsii->in_token.len);
 	(*bpp)[-1] = '\n';
+	WARN_ONCE(*blen < 0,
+		  "RPCSEC/GSS credential too large - please use gssproxy\n");
 }
 
 static int rsi_parse(struct cache_detail *cd,
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/cache.c b/net/sunrpc/cache.c
index 1a2c1c44bb00..59641803472c 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/cache.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/cache.c
@@ -803,7 +803,7 @@ static int cache_request(struct cache_detail *detail,
 
 	detail->cache_request(detail, crq->item, &bp, &len);
 	if (len < 0)
-		return -EAGAIN;
+		return -E2BIG;
 	return PAGE_SIZE - len;
 }