diff --git a/net/sunrpc/clnt.c b/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
index 09631f6..76739e9 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
@@ -942,11 +942,9 @@
 	}
 
 	switch (task->tk_status) {
-	case -EAGAIN:
-		dprintk("RPC: %5u rpcbind waiting for another request "
-				"to finish\n", task->tk_pid);
-		/* avoid busy-waiting here -- could be a network outage. */
-		rpc_delay(task, 5*HZ);
+	case -ENOMEM:
+		dprintk("RPC: %5u rpcbind out of memory\n", task->tk_pid);
+		rpc_delay(task, HZ >> 2);
 		goto retry_timeout;
 	case -EACCES:
 		dprintk("RPC: %5u remote rpcbind: RPC program/version "
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/rpcb_clnt.c b/net/sunrpc/rpcb_clnt.c
index c62e446..24e93e0 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/rpcb_clnt.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/rpcb_clnt.c
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@
 #define RPCB_MAXOWNERLEN	sizeof(RPCB_OWNER_STRING)
 
 static void			rpcb_getport_done(struct rpc_task *, void *);
+static void			rpcb_map_release(void *data);
 static struct rpc_program	rpcb_program;
 
 struct rpcbind_args {
@@ -80,6 +81,8 @@
 	const char *		r_netid;
 	const char *		r_addr;
 	const char *		r_owner;
+
+	int			r_status;
 };
 
 static struct rpc_procinfo rpcb_procedures2[];
@@ -93,14 +96,6 @@
 static struct rpcb_info rpcb_next_version[];
 static struct rpcb_info rpcb_next_version6[];
 
-static void rpcb_map_release(void *data)
-{
-	struct rpcbind_args *map = data;
-
-	xprt_put(map->r_xprt);
-	kfree(map);
-}
-
 static const struct rpc_call_ops rpcb_getport_ops = {
 	.rpc_call_done		= rpcb_getport_done,
 	.rpc_release		= rpcb_map_release,
@@ -112,6 +107,15 @@
 	rpc_wake_up_status(&xprt->binding, status);
 }
 
+static void rpcb_map_release(void *data)
+{
+	struct rpcbind_args *map = data;
+
+	rpcb_wake_rpcbind_waiters(map->r_xprt, map->r_status);
+	xprt_put(map->r_xprt);
+	kfree(map);
+}
+
 static struct rpc_clnt *rpcb_create(char *hostname, struct sockaddr *srvaddr,
 				    size_t salen, int proto, u32 version,
 				    int privileged)
@@ -293,17 +297,16 @@
 	/* Autobind on cloned rpc clients is discouraged */
 	BUG_ON(clnt->cl_parent != clnt);
 
+	/* Put self on the wait queue to ensure we get notified if
+	 * some other task is already attempting to bind the port */
+	rpc_sleep_on(&xprt->binding, task, NULL);
+
 	if (xprt_test_and_set_binding(xprt)) {
-		status = -EAGAIN;	/* tell caller to check again */
 		dprintk("RPC: %5u %s: waiting for another binder\n",
 			task->tk_pid, __func__);
-		goto bailout_nowake;
+		return;
 	}
 
-	/* Put self on queue before sending rpcbind request, in case
-	 * rpcb_getport_done completes before we return from rpc_run_task */
-	rpc_sleep_on(&xprt->binding, task, NULL);
-
 	/* Someone else may have bound if we slept */
 	if (xprt_bound(xprt)) {
 		status = 0;
@@ -365,15 +368,15 @@
 	map->r_netid = rpc_peeraddr2str(clnt, RPC_DISPLAY_NETID);
 	map->r_addr = rpc_peeraddr2str(rpcb_clnt, RPC_DISPLAY_UNIVERSAL_ADDR);
 	map->r_owner = RPCB_OWNER_STRING;	/* ignored for GETADDR */
+	map->r_status = -EIO;
 
 	child = rpcb_call_async(rpcb_clnt, map, proc);
 	rpc_release_client(rpcb_clnt);
 	if (IS_ERR(child)) {
-		status = -EIO;
 		/* rpcb_map_release() has freed the arguments */
 		dprintk("RPC: %5u %s: rpc_run_task failed\n",
 			task->tk_pid, __func__);
-		goto bailout_nofree;
+		return;
 	}
 	rpc_put_task(child);
 
@@ -382,7 +385,6 @@
 
 bailout_nofree:
 	rpcb_wake_rpcbind_waiters(xprt, status);
-bailout_nowake:
 	task->tk_status = status;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rpcb_getport_async);
@@ -421,7 +423,7 @@
 	dprintk("RPC: %5u rpcb_getport_done(status %d, port %u)\n",
 			child->tk_pid, status, map->r_port);
 
-	rpcb_wake_rpcbind_waiters(xprt, status);
+	map->r_status = status;
 }
 
 static int rpcb_encode_mapping(struct rpc_rqst *req, __be32 *p,