diff --git a/sys/fs/nfs/nfs_commonport.c b/sys/fs/nfs/nfs_commonport.c
index e36bfed8cc85..ece5626d83cc 100644
--- a/sys/fs/nfs/nfs_commonport.c
+++ b/sys/fs/nfs/nfs_commonport.c
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ nfsvno_pathconf(struct vnode *vp, int flag, register_t *retf,
 		 */
 		switch (flag) {
 		case _PC_LINK_MAX:
-			*retf = LINK_MAX;
+			*retf = NFS_LINK_MAX;
 			break;
 		case _PC_NAME_MAX:
 			*retf = NAME_MAX;
diff --git a/sys/fs/nfs/nfs_commonsubs.c b/sys/fs/nfs/nfs_commonsubs.c
index 5e91a4942f59..dc441cecef0c 100644
--- a/sys/fs/nfs/nfs_commonsubs.c
+++ b/sys/fs/nfs/nfs_commonsubs.c
@@ -883,7 +883,7 @@ nfsv4_loadattr(struct nfsrv_descript *nd, vnode_t vp,
 				NFSV3_FSFHOMOGENEOUS | NFSV3_FSFCANSETTIME);
 		}
 		if (pc != NULL) {
-			pc->pc_linkmax = LINK_MAX;
+			pc->pc_linkmax = NFS_LINK_MAX;
 			pc->pc_namemax = NAME_MAX;
 			pc->pc_notrunc = 0;
 			pc->pc_chownrestricted = 0;
@@ -1320,7 +1320,7 @@ nfsv4_loadattr(struct nfsrv_descript *nd, vnode_t vp,
 			NFSM_DISSECT(tl, u_int32_t *, NFSX_UNSIGNED);
 			if (compare) {
 				if (!(*retcmpp)) {
-				    if (fxdr_unsigned(int, *tl) != LINK_MAX)
+				    if (fxdr_unsigned(int, *tl) != NFS_LINK_MAX)
 					*retcmpp = NFSERR_NOTSAME;
 				}
 			} else if (pc != NULL) {
diff --git a/sys/fs/nfs/nfsproto.h b/sys/fs/nfs/nfsproto.h
index 90731ef770db..6c96081df9f1 100644
--- a/sys/fs/nfs/nfsproto.h
+++ b/sys/fs/nfs/nfsproto.h
@@ -785,6 +785,8 @@ struct nfs_fattr {
 #define	fa3_mtime		fa_un.fa_nfsv3.nfsv3fa_mtime
 #define	fa3_ctime		fa_un.fa_nfsv3.nfsv3fa_ctime
 
+#define	NFS_LINK_MAX	UINT32_MAX
+
 struct nfsv2_sattr {
 	u_int32_t sa_mode;
 	u_int32_t sa_uid;
diff --git a/sys/fs/nfsclient/nfs_clcomsubs.c b/sys/fs/nfsclient/nfs_clcomsubs.c
index 94a253f83f16..6194343378bd 100644
--- a/sys/fs/nfsclient/nfs_clcomsubs.c
+++ b/sys/fs/nfsclient/nfs_clcomsubs.c
@@ -433,7 +433,7 @@ nfsm_loadattr(struct nfsrv_descript *nd, struct nfsvattr *nap)
 		nap->na_mode = fxdr_unsigned(u_short, fp->fa_mode);
 		nap->na_rdev = makedev(fxdr_unsigned(u_char, fp->fa3_rdev.specdata1),
 			fxdr_unsigned(u_char, fp->fa3_rdev.specdata2));
-		nap->na_nlink = fxdr_unsigned(u_short, fp->fa_nlink);
+		nap->na_nlink = fxdr_unsigned(uint32_t, fp->fa_nlink);
 		nap->na_uid = fxdr_unsigned(uid_t, fp->fa_uid);
 		nap->na_gid = fxdr_unsigned(gid_t, fp->fa_gid);
 		nap->na_size = fxdr_hyper(&fp->fa3_size);
diff --git a/sys/fs/nfsclient/nfs_clvnops.c b/sys/fs/nfsclient/nfs_clvnops.c
index d33162cd6e45..fd9ecb0d210f 100644
--- a/sys/fs/nfsclient/nfs_clvnops.c
+++ b/sys/fs/nfsclient/nfs_clvnops.c
@@ -3450,7 +3450,7 @@ nfs_pathconf(struct vop_pathconf_args *ap)
 		 * For NFSv2 (or NFSv3 when not one of the above 4 a_names),
 		 * just fake them.
 		 */
-		pc.pc_linkmax = LINK_MAX;
+		pc.pc_linkmax = NFS_LINK_MAX;
 		pc.pc_namemax = NFS_MAXNAMLEN;
 		pc.pc_notrunc = 1;
 		pc.pc_chownrestricted = 1;
@@ -3460,7 +3460,7 @@ nfs_pathconf(struct vop_pathconf_args *ap)
 	}
 	switch (ap->a_name) {
 	case _PC_LINK_MAX:
-		*ap->a_retval = pc.pc_linkmax;
+		*ap->a_retval = MIN(LONG_MAX, pc.pc_linkmax);
 		break;
 	case _PC_NAME_MAX:
 		*ap->a_retval = pc.pc_namemax;