diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprt.c b/net/sunrpc/xprt.c
index 67996bd..99a52aa 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprt.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprt.c
@@ -872,6 +872,7 @@
 		return;
 
 	req->rq_connect_cookie = xprt->connect_cookie;
+	req->rq_xtime = jiffies;
 	status = xprt->ops->send_request(task);
 	if (status == 0) {
 		dprintk("RPC: %5u xmit complete\n", task->tk_pid);