1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/net/sunrpc/clnt.c b/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
index b9276a63eaf1..0edada973434 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
@@ -1529,9 +1529,13 @@ call_refreshresult(struct rpc_task *task)
         task->tk_action = call_refresh;
         switch (status) {
         case 0:
-                if (rpcauth_uptodatecred(task))
+                if (rpcauth_uptodatecred(task)) {
                         task->tk_action = call_allocate;
-                return;
+                        return;
+                }
+                /* Use rate-limiting and a max number of retries if refresh
+                 * had status 0 but failed to update the cred.
+                 */
         case -ETIMEDOUT:
                 rpc_delay(task, 3*HZ);
         case -EAGAIN: