diff --git a/net/sunrpc/clnt.c b/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
index ed7c22d..4c68480 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
@@ -222,6 +222,7 @@
 
 static struct notifier_block rpc_clients_block = {
 	.notifier_call	= rpc_pipefs_event,
+	.priority	= SUNRPC_PIPEFS_RPC_PRIO,
 };
 
 int rpc_clients_notifier_register(void)