diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c
index aef48fb0fac2..3873d037a763 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c
@@ -2123,6 +2123,7 @@ static __be32 nfsd4_decode_nl4_server(struct nfsd4_compoundargs *argp,
 {
 	struct nfs42_netaddr *naddr;
 	__be32 *p;
+	u32 str_len;
 
 	if (xdr_stream_decode_u32(argp->xdr, &ns->nl4_type) < 0)
 		return nfserr_bad_xdr;
@@ -2152,6 +2153,18 @@ static __be32 nfsd4_decode_nl4_server(struct nfsd4_compoundargs *argp,
 			return nfserr_bad_xdr;
 		memcpy(naddr->addr, p, naddr->addr_len);
 		break;
+	case NL4_NAME:
+	case NL4_URL:
+		/*
+		 * Well-formed XDR, but only NL4_NETADDR is supported. Consume
+		 * the utf8str_cis to keep the stream aligned, then return
+		 * NFS4ERR_NOTSUPP rather than the misleading NFS4ERR_BADXDR.
+		 */
+		if (xdr_stream_decode_u32(argp->xdr, &str_len) < 0)
+			return nfserr_bad_xdr;
+		if (!xdr_inline_decode(argp->xdr, str_len))
+			return nfserr_bad_xdr;
+		return nfserr_notsupp;
 	default:
 		return nfserr_bad_xdr;
 	}