diff --git a/sys/nfsserver/nfs.h b/sys/nfsserver/nfs.h
index b907a060b4d8..49ed0d334abc 100644
--- a/sys/nfsserver/nfs.h
+++ b/sys/nfsserver/nfs.h
@@ -240,6 +240,7 @@ extern int nfs_debug;
 
 #endif
 
+void	nfs_realign(struct mbuf **);
 struct mbuf *nfs_rephead(int, struct nfsrv_descript *, int, struct mbuf **,
 	    caddr_t *);
 void	nfsm_srvfattr(struct nfsrv_descript *, struct vattr *,
diff --git a/sys/nfsserver/nfs_fha.c b/sys/nfsserver/nfs_fha.c
index 0469e4a1880b..67bf9da1803e 100644
--- a/sys/nfsserver/nfs_fha.c
+++ b/sys/nfsserver/nfs_fha.c
@@ -158,9 +158,9 @@ SYSUNINIT(nfs_fha, SI_SUB_ROOT_CONF, SI_ORDER_ANY, nfs_fha_uninit, NULL);
 static void
 fha_extract_info(struct svc_req *req, struct fha_info *i)
 {
-	struct mbuf *md = req->rq_args;
+	struct mbuf *md;
 	nfsfh_t fh;
-	caddr_t dpos = mtod(md, caddr_t);
+	caddr_t dpos;
 	static u_int64_t random_fh = 0;
 	int error;
 	int v3 = (req->rq_vers == 3);
@@ -201,6 +201,10 @@ fha_extract_info(struct svc_req *req, struct fha_info *i)
 	    procnum == NFSPROC_NULL)
 		goto out;
 	
+	nfs_realign(&req->rq_args);
+	md = req->rq_args;
+	dpos = mtod(md, caddr_t);
+
 	/* Grab the filehandle. */
 	error = nfsm_srvmtofh_xx(&fh.fh_generic, v3, &md, &dpos);
 	if (error)
diff --git a/sys/nfsserver/nfs_srvkrpc.c b/sys/nfsserver/nfs_srvkrpc.c
index 54b1c4ac5919..b7b3d4cfa3bc 100644
--- a/sys/nfsserver/nfs_srvkrpc.c
+++ b/sys/nfsserver/nfs_srvkrpc.c
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ nfs_rephead(int siz, struct nfsrv_descript *nd, int err,
  *	not occur with NFS/UDP and is supposed to only occassionally occur
  *	with TCP.  Use vfs.nfs.realign_count and realign_test to check this.
  */
-static void
+void
 nfs_realign(struct mbuf **pm)	/* XXX COMMON */
 {
 	struct mbuf *m;