diff --git a/fs/nfsd/export.c b/fs/nfsd/export.c
index 9b569af695ab631525e91981747b0edc876dab7b..ac225a79376c0388e1fbe6c910ab9e200ac5ad8c 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/export.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/export.c
@@ -1237,21 +1237,28 @@ struct svc_export *
 rqst_exp_get_by_name(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct vfsmount *mnt,
 		struct dentry *dentry)
 {
-	return exp_get_by_name(rqstp->rq_client, mnt, dentry,
-						&rqstp->rq_chandle);
+	struct auth_domain *clp;
+
+	clp = rqstp->rq_gssclient ? rqstp->rq_gssclient : rqstp->rq_client;
+	return exp_get_by_name(clp, mnt, dentry, &rqstp->rq_chandle);
 }
 
 struct svc_export *
 rqst_exp_find(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, int fsid_type, u32 *fsidv)
 {
-	return exp_find(rqstp->rq_client, fsid_type, fsidv,
-						&rqstp->rq_chandle);
+	struct auth_domain *clp;
+
+	clp = rqstp->rq_gssclient ? rqstp->rq_gssclient : rqstp->rq_client;
+	return exp_find(clp, fsid_type, fsidv, &rqstp->rq_chandle);
 }
 
 struct svc_export *
 rqst_exp_parent(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct vfsmount *mnt,
 		struct dentry *dentry)
 {
+	struct auth_domain *clp;
+
+	clp = rqstp->rq_gssclient ? rqstp->rq_gssclient : rqstp->rq_client;
 	return exp_parent(rqstp->rq_client, mnt, dentry, &rqstp->rq_chandle);
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4idmap.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4idmap.c
index 45aa21ce678420821953a8e9b5c7e1e442cce6f4..2cf9a9a2d89c4cd47b236a12e56c92f6cc842110 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4idmap.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4idmap.c
@@ -587,6 +587,15 @@ idmap_lookup(struct svc_rqst *rqstp,
 	return ret;
 }
 
+static char *
+rqst_authname(struct svc_rqst *rqstp)
+{
+	struct auth_domain *clp;
+
+	clp = rqstp->rq_gssclient ? rqstp->rq_gssclient : rqstp->rq_client;
+	return clp->name;
+}
+
 static int
 idmap_name_to_id(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, int type, const char *name, u32 namelen,
 		uid_t *id)
@@ -600,7 +609,7 @@ idmap_name_to_id(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, int type, const char *name, u32 namelen
 		return -EINVAL;
 	memcpy(key.name, name, namelen);
 	key.name[namelen] = '\0';
-	strlcpy(key.authname, rqstp->rq_client->name, sizeof(key.authname));
+	strlcpy(key.authname, rqst_authname(rqstp), sizeof(key.authname));
 	ret = idmap_lookup(rqstp, nametoid_lookup, &key, &nametoid_cache, &item);
 	if (ret == -ENOENT)
 		ret = -ESRCH; /* nfserr_badname */
@@ -620,7 +629,7 @@ idmap_id_to_name(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, int type, uid_t id, char *name)
 	};
 	int ret;
 
-	strlcpy(key.authname, rqstp->rq_client->name, sizeof(key.authname));
+	strlcpy(key.authname, rqst_authname(rqstp), sizeof(key.authname));
 	ret = idmap_lookup(rqstp, idtoname_lookup, &key, &idtoname_cache, &item);
 	if (ret == -ENOENT)
 		return sprintf(name, "%u", id);
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfsfh.c b/fs/nfsd/nfsfh.c
index 180e068ea064d6ff8e19d7640118fc9abbaa2cae..22cb5be79ad0be2f98d85d6a0d9ab5a08764028e 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfsfh.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfsfh.c
@@ -120,8 +120,6 @@ fh_verify(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_fh *fhp, int type, int access)
 		int data_left = fh->fh_size/4;
 
 		error = nfserr_stale;
-		if (rqstp->rq_client == NULL)
-			goto out;
 		if (rqstp->rq_vers > 2)
 			error = nfserr_badhandle;
 		if (rqstp->rq_vers == 4 && fh->fh_size == 0)
diff --git a/include/linux/sunrpc/svc.h b/include/linux/sunrpc/svc.h
index 705a90aa345efde08df2ee899513fc6df0bb6d5c..8531a70da73d2526d7e110c92baa6fddb9152212 100644
--- a/include/linux/sunrpc/svc.h
+++ b/include/linux/sunrpc/svc.h
@@ -249,6 +249,7 @@ struct svc_rqst {
 						 */
 	/* Catering to nfsd */
 	struct auth_domain *	rq_client;	/* RPC peer info */
+	struct auth_domain *	rq_gssclient;	/* "gss/"-style peer info */
 	struct svc_cacherep *	rq_cacherep;	/* cache info */
 	struct knfsd_fh *	rq_reffh;	/* Referrence filehandle, used to
 						 * determine what device number
diff --git a/include/linux/sunrpc/svcauth.h b/include/linux/sunrpc/svcauth.h
index de92619b0826066f7809c1ef264a029e0a7b84d2..22e1ef8e200e9634b91de1b33f8d729a2d565039 100644
--- a/include/linux/sunrpc/svcauth.h
+++ b/include/linux/sunrpc/svcauth.h
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ extern struct auth_domain *auth_unix_lookup(struct in_addr addr);
 extern int auth_unix_forget_old(struct auth_domain *dom);
 extern void svcauth_unix_purge(void);
 extern void svcauth_unix_info_release(void *);
+extern int svcauth_unix_set_client(struct svc_rqst *rqstp);
 
 static inline unsigned long hash_str(char *name, int bits)
 {
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/svcauth_gss.c b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/svcauth_gss.c
index 7a3e1758bea15b681a6ef0a0ce0b2b5069dba5e7..e4b3de08b0403471bc450a2bced88a1ab560955e 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/svcauth_gss.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/svcauth_gss.c
@@ -913,10 +913,23 @@ svcauth_gss_set_client(struct svc_rqst *rqstp)
 	struct gss_svc_data *svcdata = rqstp->rq_auth_data;
 	struct rsc *rsci = svcdata->rsci;
 	struct rpc_gss_wire_cred *gc = &svcdata->clcred;
+	int stat;
 
-	rqstp->rq_client = find_gss_auth_domain(rsci->mechctx, gc->gc_svc);
-	if (rqstp->rq_client == NULL)
+	/*
+	 * A gss export can be specified either by:
+	 * 	export	*(sec=krb5,rw)
+	 * or by
+	 * 	export gss/krb5(rw)
+	 * The latter is deprecated; but for backwards compatibility reasons
+	 * the nfsd code will still fall back on trying it if the former
+	 * doesn't work; so we try to make both available to nfsd, below.
+	 */
+	rqstp->rq_gssclient = find_gss_auth_domain(rsci->mechctx, gc->gc_svc);
+	if (rqstp->rq_gssclient == NULL)
 		return SVC_DENIED;
+	stat = svcauth_unix_set_client(rqstp);
+	if (stat == SVC_DROP)
+		return stat;
 	return SVC_OK;
 }
 
@@ -1088,7 +1101,6 @@ svcauth_gss_accept(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, __be32 *authp)
 			svc_putnl(resv, GSS_SEQ_WIN);
 			if (svc_safe_putnetobj(resv, &rsip->out_token))
 				goto drop;
-			rqstp->rq_client = NULL;
 		}
 		goto complete;
 	case RPC_GSS_PROC_DESTROY:
@@ -1319,6 +1331,9 @@ svcauth_gss_release(struct svc_rqst *rqstp)
 	if (rqstp->rq_client)
 		auth_domain_put(rqstp->rq_client);
 	rqstp->rq_client = NULL;
+	if (rqstp->rq_gssclient)
+		auth_domain_put(rqstp->rq_gssclient);
+	rqstp->rq_gssclient = NULL;
 	if (rqstp->rq_cred.cr_group_info)
 		put_group_info(rqstp->rq_cred.cr_group_info);
 	rqstp->rq_cred.cr_group_info = NULL;
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/svcauth_unix.c b/net/sunrpc/svcauth_unix.c
index d9fdf2e4d24294a266e9b0476cd6b4e392c74828..411479411b21052a3e138c5109880abd881b77b4 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/svcauth_unix.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/svcauth_unix.c
@@ -638,7 +638,7 @@ static int unix_gid_find(uid_t uid, struct group_info **gip,
 	}
 }
 
-static int
+int
 svcauth_unix_set_client(struct svc_rqst *rqstp)
 {
 	struct sockaddr_in *sin = svc_addr_in(rqstp);
@@ -673,6 +673,8 @@ svcauth_unix_set_client(struct svc_rqst *rqstp)
 	return SVC_OK;
 }
 
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(svcauth_unix_set_client);
+
 static int
 svcauth_null_accept(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, __be32 *authp)
 {