diff --git a/fs/lockd/host.c b/fs/lockd/host.c
index ca6b16fc3101a3df88d60350060eae56d6528535..f1ef49fff118ea8aa8322dd4404e0ca65ea3e518 100644
--- a/fs/lockd/host.c
+++ b/fs/lockd/host.c
@@ -243,10 +243,18 @@ nlm_bind_host(struct nlm_host *host)
 			.program	= &nlm_program,
 			.version	= host->h_version,
 			.authflavor	= RPC_AUTH_UNIX,
-			.flags		= (RPC_CLNT_CREATE_HARDRTRY |
+			.flags		= (RPC_CLNT_CREATE_NOPING |
 					   RPC_CLNT_CREATE_AUTOBIND),
 		};
 
+		/*
+		 * lockd retries server side blocks automatically so we want
+		 * those to be soft RPC calls. Client side calls need to be
+		 * hard RPC tasks.
+		 */
+		if (!host->h_server)
+			args.flags |= RPC_CLNT_CREATE_HARDRTRY;
+
 		clnt = rpc_create(&args);
 		if (!IS_ERR(clnt))
 			host->h_rpcclnt = clnt;
diff --git a/fs/lockd/svclock.c b/fs/lockd/svclock.c
index 2f4d8fa666892b9fa8b41266a627608c55c1e8a0..fe9bdb4a220cd32827c5818001651cabb5f1966d 100644
--- a/fs/lockd/svclock.c
+++ b/fs/lockd/svclock.c
@@ -763,11 +763,20 @@ nlmsvc_grant_blocked(struct nlm_block *block)
 	dprintk("lockd: GRANTing blocked lock.\n");
 	block->b_granted = 1;
 
-	/* Schedule next grant callback in 30 seconds */
-	nlmsvc_insert_block(block, 30 * HZ);
+	/* keep block on the list, but don't reattempt until the RPC
+	 * completes or the submission fails
+	 */
+	nlmsvc_insert_block(block, NLM_NEVER);
+
+	/* Call the client -- use a soft RPC task since nlmsvc_retry_blocked
+	 * will queue up a new one if this one times out
+	 */
+	error = nlm_async_call(block->b_call, NLMPROC_GRANTED_MSG,
+				&nlmsvc_grant_ops);
 
-	/* Call the client */
-	nlm_async_call(block->b_call, NLMPROC_GRANTED_MSG, &nlmsvc_grant_ops);
+	/* RPC submission failed, wait a bit and retry */
+	if (error < 0)
+		nlmsvc_insert_block(block, 10 * HZ);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -786,6 +795,17 @@ static void nlmsvc_grant_callback(struct rpc_task *task, void *data)
 
 	dprintk("lockd: GRANT_MSG RPC callback\n");
 
+	/* if the block is not on a list at this point then it has
+	 * been invalidated. Don't try to requeue it.
+	 *
+	 * FIXME: it's possible that the block is removed from the list
+	 * after this check but before the nlmsvc_insert_block. In that
+	 * case it will be added back. Perhaps we need better locking
+	 * for nlm_blocked?
+	 */
+	if (list_empty(&block->b_list))
+		return;
+
 	/* Technically, we should down the file semaphore here. Since we
 	 * move the block towards the head of the queue only, no harm
 	 * can be done, though. */
diff --git a/include/linux/sunrpc/svc.h b/include/linux/sunrpc/svc.h
index 64c771056187a3957c70ce3c212e0db82db49ff9..64c97552964a42f523b5c3dcba8a149f5edd4b3e 100644
--- a/include/linux/sunrpc/svc.h
+++ b/include/linux/sunrpc/svc.h
@@ -409,16 +409,13 @@ char *		   svc_print_addr(struct svc_rqst *, char *, size_t);
  * for all cases without actually generating the checksum, so we just use a
  * static value.
  */
-static inline void
-svc_reserve_auth(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, int space)
+static inline void svc_reserve_auth(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, int space)
 {
-	int			added_space = 0;
+	int added_space = 0;
 
-	switch(rqstp->rq_authop->flavour) {
-		case RPC_AUTH_GSS:
-			added_space = RPC_MAX_AUTH_SIZE;
-	}
-	return svc_reserve(rqstp, space + added_space);
+	if (rqstp->rq_authop->flavour)
+		added_space = RPC_MAX_AUTH_SIZE;
+	svc_reserve(rqstp, space + added_space);
 }
 
 #endif /* SUNRPC_SVC_H */
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/svc_rdma_sendto.c b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/svc_rdma_sendto.c
index 3e321949e1dc55cbd89db97a857e6fe70512f6c3..0598b229c11d326720a6c56b9bce66cfaa66e6b7 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/svc_rdma_sendto.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/svc_rdma_sendto.c
@@ -159,7 +159,8 @@ static int send_write(struct svcxprt_rdma *xprt, struct svc_rqst *rqstp,
 	BUG_ON(sge_count >= 32);
 	dprintk("svcrdma: RDMA_WRITE rmr=%x, to=%llx, xdr_off=%d, "
 		"write_len=%d, xdr_sge=%p, sge_count=%d\n",
-		rmr, to, xdr_off, write_len, xdr_sge, sge_count);
+		rmr, (unsigned long long)to, xdr_off,
+		write_len, xdr_sge, sge_count);
 
 	ctxt = svc_rdma_get_context(xprt);
 	ctxt->count = 0;