diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4callback.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4callback.c
index a1aa18db08fba280f8b8304d745fafacbb418cd1..7bb187ac149228d49cdc000d29c26bfca7437e9f 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4callback.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4callback.c
@@ -692,7 +692,7 @@ static int setup_callback_client(struct nfs4_client *clp, struct nfs4_cb_conn *c
 		args.bc_xprt = conn->cb_xprt;
 		args.prognumber = clp->cl_cb_session->se_cb_prog;
 		args.protocol = XPRT_TRANSPORT_BC_TCP;
-		args.authflavor = RPC_AUTH_UNIX;
+		args.authflavor = ses->se_cb_sec.flavor;
 	}
 	/* Create RPC client */
 	client = rpc_create(&args);
@@ -709,7 +709,6 @@ static int setup_callback_client(struct nfs4_client *clp, struct nfs4_cb_conn *c
 	clp->cl_cb_client = client;
 	clp->cl_cb_cred = cred;
 	return 0;
-
 }
 
 static void warn_no_callback_path(struct nfs4_client *clp, int reason)
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c
index d7e7c110246ef281db12f039fb60314111a43c8f..406d0c4620f61afb69030446804ec90186135935 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ nfsd4_decode_access(struct nfsd4_compoundargs *argp, struct nfsd4_access *access
 static __be32 nfsd4_decode_cb_sec(struct nfsd4_compoundargs *argp, struct nfsd4_cb_sec *cbs)
 {
 	DECODE_HEAD;
-	u32 dummy;
+	u32 dummy, uid, gid;
 	char *machine_name;
 	int i;
 	int nr_secflavs;
@@ -433,12 +433,15 @@ static __be32 nfsd4_decode_cb_sec(struct nfsd4_compoundargs *argp, struct nfsd4_
 	/* callback_sec_params4 */
 	READ_BUF(4);
 	READ32(nr_secflavs);
+	cbs->flavor = (u32)(-1);
 	for (i = 0; i < nr_secflavs; ++i) {
 		READ_BUF(4);
 		READ32(dummy);
 		switch (dummy) {
 		case RPC_AUTH_NULL:
 			/* Nothing to read */
+			if (cbs->flavor == (u32)(-1))
+				cbs->flavor = RPC_AUTH_NULL;
 			break;
 		case RPC_AUTH_UNIX:
 			READ_BUF(8);
@@ -452,13 +455,18 @@ static __be32 nfsd4_decode_cb_sec(struct nfsd4_compoundargs *argp, struct nfsd4_
 
 			/* uid, gid */
 			READ_BUF(8);
-			READ32(cbs->uid);
-			READ32(cbs->gid);
+			READ32(uid);
+			READ32(gid);
 
 			/* more gids */
 			READ_BUF(4);
 			READ32(dummy);
 			READ_BUF(dummy * 4);
+			if (cbs->flavor == (u32)(-1)) {
+				cbs->uid = uid;
+				cbs->gid = gid;
+				cbs->flavor = RPC_AUTH_UNIX;
+			}
 			break;
 		case RPC_AUTH_GSS:
 			dprintk("RPC_AUTH_GSS callback secflavor "
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/state.h b/fs/nfsd/state.h
index 0fd342a2174e28277e48cea25e220a157da8a78d..0498053b8f0edd6668aed8c76f080ac59e8ea6eb 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/state.h
+++ b/fs/nfsd/state.h
@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@ struct nfsd4_channel_attrs {
 };
 
 struct nfsd4_cb_sec {
+	u32	flavor; /* (u32)(-1) used to mean "no valid flavor" */
 	u32	uid;
 	u32	gid;
 };