diff --git a/net/sunrpc/rpcb_clnt.c b/net/sunrpc/rpcb_clnt.c
index 4011540..3e3772d 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/rpcb_clnt.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/rpcb_clnt.c
@@ -537,7 +537,7 @@
 		.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);