1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/net/sunrpc/clnt.c b/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
index cea1308a6fda..ef96568902c5 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
@@ -2004,6 +2004,10 @@ call_status(struct rpc_task *task)
         case -EHOSTDOWN:
         case -EHOSTUNREACH:
         case -ENETUNREACH:
+                if (RPC_IS_SOFTCONN(task)) {
+                        rpc_exit(task, status);
+                        break;
+                }
                 /*
                  * Delay any retries for 3 seconds, then handle as if it
                  * were a timeout.