diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprt.c b/net/sunrpc/xprt.c
index ebbefad..ff3574d 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprt.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprt.c
@@ -690,6 +690,37 @@
 	spin_unlock(&xprt->transport_lock);
 }
 
+bool xprt_lock_connect(struct rpc_xprt *xprt,
+		struct rpc_task *task,
+		void *cookie)
+{
+	bool ret = false;
+
+	spin_lock_bh(&xprt->transport_lock);
+	if (!test_bit(XPRT_LOCKED, &xprt->state))
+		goto out;
+	if (xprt->snd_task != task)
+		goto out;
+	xprt->snd_task = cookie;
+	ret = true;
+out:
+	spin_unlock_bh(&xprt->transport_lock);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+void xprt_unlock_connect(struct rpc_xprt *xprt, void *cookie)
+{
+	spin_lock_bh(&xprt->transport_lock);
+	if (xprt->snd_task != cookie)
+		goto out;
+	if (!test_bit(XPRT_LOCKED, &xprt->state))
+		goto out;
+	xprt->snd_task =NULL;
+	xprt->ops->release_xprt(xprt, NULL);
+out:
+	spin_unlock_bh(&xprt->transport_lock);
+}
+
 /**
  * xprt_connect - schedule a transport connect operation
  * @task: RPC task that is requesting the connect
@@ -712,9 +743,7 @@
 	if (test_and_clear_bit(XPRT_CLOSE_WAIT, &xprt->state))
 		xprt->ops->close(xprt);
 
-	if (xprt_connected(xprt))
-		xprt_release_write(xprt, task);
-	else {
+	if (!xprt_connected(xprt)) {
 		task->tk_rqstp->rq_bytes_sent = 0;
 		task->tk_timeout = task->tk_rqstp->rq_timeout;
 		rpc_sleep_on(&xprt->pending, task, xprt_connect_status);
@@ -726,6 +755,7 @@
 		xprt->stat.connect_start = jiffies;
 		xprt->ops->connect(xprt, task);
 	}
+	xprt_release_write(xprt, task);
 }
 
 static void xprt_connect_status(struct rpc_task *task)
@@ -758,7 +788,6 @@
 		dprintk("RPC: %5u xprt_connect_status: error %d connecting to "
 				"server %s\n", task->tk_pid, -task->tk_status,
 				xprt->servername);
-		xprt_release_write(xprt, task);
 		task->tk_status = -EIO;
 	}
 }