1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4state.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4state.c
index 6ace365c6334..d41a3518509f 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4state.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4state.c
@@ -1886,7 +1886,13 @@ again:
                         status = PTR_ERR(clnt);
                         break;
                 }
-                clp->cl_rpcclient = clnt;
+                /* Note: this is safe because we haven't yet marked the
+                 * client as ready, so we are the only user of
+                 * clp->cl_rpcclient
+                 */
+                clnt = xchg(&clp->cl_rpcclient, clnt);
+                rpc_shutdown_client(clnt);
+                clnt = clp->cl_rpcclient;
                 goto again;
 
         case -NFS4ERR_MINOR_VERS_MISMATCH: