diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfssvc.c b/fs/nfsd/nfssvc.c
index 2bae1d86f5f2..18743c4d8bca 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfssvc.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfssvc.c
@@ -608,7 +608,7 @@ nfsd_dispatch(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, __be32 *statp)
 	/* Now call the procedure handler, and encode NFS status. */
 	nfserr = proc->pc_func(rqstp, rqstp->rq_argp, rqstp->rq_resp);
 	nfserr = map_new_errors(rqstp->rq_vers, nfserr);
-	if (nfserr == nfserr_dropit) {
+	if (nfserr == nfserr_dropit || rqstp->rq_dropme) {
 		dprintk("nfsd: Dropping request; may be revisited later\n");
 		nfsd_cache_update(rqstp, RC_NOCACHE, NULL);
 		return 0;
diff --git a/include/linux/sunrpc/svc.h b/include/linux/sunrpc/svc.h
index 5a3085b9b394..d45c482b6444 100644
--- a/include/linux/sunrpc/svc.h
+++ b/include/linux/sunrpc/svc.h
@@ -269,6 +269,7 @@ struct svc_rqst {
 	struct cache_req	rq_chandle;	/* handle passed to caches for 
 						 * request delaying 
 						 */
+	bool			rq_dropme;
 	/* Catering to nfsd */
 	struct auth_domain *	rq_client;	/* RPC peer info */
 	struct auth_domain *	rq_gssclient;	/* "gss/"-style peer info */
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/svc.c b/net/sunrpc/svc.c
index 6359c42c4941..df1931f8ae98 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/svc.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/svc.c
@@ -1005,6 +1005,7 @@ svc_process_common(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct kvec *argv, struct kvec *resv)
 	rqstp->rq_splice_ok = 1;
 	/* Will be turned off only when NFSv4 Sessions are used */
 	rqstp->rq_usedeferral = 1;
+	rqstp->rq_dropme = false;
 
 	/* Setup reply header */
 	rqstp->rq_xprt->xpt_ops->xpo_prep_reply_hdr(rqstp);
@@ -1106,7 +1107,7 @@ svc_process_common(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct kvec *argv, struct kvec *resv)
 		*statp = procp->pc_func(rqstp, rqstp->rq_argp, rqstp->rq_resp);
 
 		/* Encode reply */
-		if (*statp == rpc_drop_reply) {
+		if (rqstp->rq_dropme) {
 			if (procp->pc_release)
 				procp->pc_release(rqstp, NULL, rqstp->rq_resp);
 			goto dropit;
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c b/net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c
index 5eae53b1e306..173f3b975d49 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c
@@ -1019,6 +1019,7 @@ static struct cache_deferred_req *svc_defer(struct cache_req *req)
 	}
 	svc_xprt_get(rqstp->rq_xprt);
 	dr->xprt = rqstp->rq_xprt;
+	rqstp->rq_dropme = true;
 
 	dr->handle.revisit = svc_revisit;
 	return &dr->handle;