1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/net/sunrpc/rpcb_clnt.c b/net/sunrpc/rpcb_clnt.c
index 401154094ee1..3e3772d8eb92 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/rpcb_clnt.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/rpcb_clnt.c
@@ -537,7 +537,7 @@ static struct rpc_task *rpcb_call_async(struct rpc_clnt *rpcb_clnt, struct rpcbi
                 .rpc_message = &msg,
                 .callback_ops = &rpcb_getport_ops,
                 .callback_data = map,
-                .flags = RPC_TASK_ASYNC,
+                .flags = RPC_TASK_ASYNC | RPC_TASK_SOFTCONN,
         };
 
         return rpc_run_task(&task_setup_data);