diff --git a/include/linux/sunrpc/auth.h b/include/linux/sunrpc/auth.h
index 012566a6257bc7cbda030935d21c3ae101e8bd5b..348546c7826cf4803908139518a70d2bd81736af 100644
--- a/include/linux/sunrpc/auth.h
+++ b/include/linux/sunrpc/auth.h
@@ -135,9 +135,7 @@ void			rpcauth_release(struct rpc_auth *);
 struct rpc_cred *	rpcauth_lookup_credcache(struct rpc_auth *, struct auth_cred *, int);
 void			rpcauth_init_cred(struct rpc_cred *, const struct auth_cred *, struct rpc_auth *, const struct rpc_credops *);
 struct rpc_cred *	rpcauth_lookupcred(struct rpc_auth *, int);
-void			rpcauth_bindcred(struct rpc_task *);
-void			rpcauth_bind_root_cred(struct rpc_task *);
-void			rpcauth_holdcred(struct rpc_task *);
+void			rpcauth_bindcred(struct rpc_task *, struct rpc_cred *, int);
 void			put_rpccred(struct rpc_cred *);
 void			rpcauth_unbindcred(struct rpc_task *);
 __be32 *		rpcauth_marshcred(struct rpc_task *, __be32 *);
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/auth.c b/net/sunrpc/auth.c
index b0f2b2ee7cc089f7d62c9d55ca0d5ba72e653dc1..1cdb163c4f893b4bf415f4465ea5f5d0efcac0eb 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/auth.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/auth.c
@@ -375,7 +375,15 @@ rpcauth_init_cred(struct rpc_cred *cred, const struct auth_cred *acred,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rpcauth_init_cred);
 
-void
+static void
+rpcauth_generic_bind_cred(struct rpc_task *task, struct rpc_cred *cred)
+{
+	task->tk_msg.rpc_cred = get_rpccred(cred);
+	dprintk("RPC: %5u holding %s cred %p\n", task->tk_pid,
+			cred->cr_auth->au_ops->au_name, cred);
+}
+
+static void
 rpcauth_bind_root_cred(struct rpc_task *task)
 {
 	struct rpc_auth *auth = task->tk_client->cl_auth;
@@ -394,8 +402,8 @@ rpcauth_bind_root_cred(struct rpc_task *task)
 		task->tk_status = PTR_ERR(ret);
 }
 
-void
-rpcauth_bindcred(struct rpc_task *task)
+static void
+rpcauth_bind_new_cred(struct rpc_task *task)
 {
 	struct rpc_auth *auth = task->tk_client->cl_auth;
 	struct rpc_cred *ret;
@@ -410,14 +418,14 @@ rpcauth_bindcred(struct rpc_task *task)
 }
 
 void
-rpcauth_holdcred(struct rpc_task *task)
+rpcauth_bindcred(struct rpc_task *task, struct rpc_cred *cred, int flags)
 {
-	struct rpc_cred *cred = task->tk_msg.rpc_cred;
-	if (cred != NULL) {
-		get_rpccred(cred);
-		dprintk("RPC: %5u holding %s cred %p\n", task->tk_pid,
-				cred->cr_auth->au_ops->au_name, cred);
-	}
+	if (cred != NULL)
+		rpcauth_generic_bind_cred(task, cred);
+	else if (flags & RPC_TASK_ROOTCREDS)
+		rpcauth_bind_root_cred(task);
+	else
+		rpcauth_bind_new_cred(task);
 }
 
 void
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/sched.c b/net/sunrpc/sched.c
index 7db956f6e018e8e43aa9de70c5e1626edf84b390..6eab9bf94baf3ebef9c2b1300ffe8505c3694a78 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/sched.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/sched.c
@@ -817,14 +817,11 @@ static void rpc_init_task(struct rpc_task *task, const struct rpc_task_setup *ta
 		task->tk_action = rpc_prepare_task;
 
 	if (task_setup_data->rpc_message != NULL) {
-		memcpy(&task->tk_msg, task_setup_data->rpc_message, sizeof(task->tk_msg));
+		task->tk_msg.rpc_proc = task_setup_data->rpc_message->rpc_proc;
+		task->tk_msg.rpc_argp = task_setup_data->rpc_message->rpc_argp;
+		task->tk_msg.rpc_resp = task_setup_data->rpc_message->rpc_resp;
 		/* Bind the user cred */
-		if (task->tk_msg.rpc_cred != NULL)
-			rpcauth_holdcred(task);
-		else if (!(task_setup_data->flags & RPC_TASK_ROOTCREDS))
-			rpcauth_bindcred(task);
-		else
-			rpcauth_bind_root_cred(task);
+		rpcauth_bindcred(task, task_setup_data->rpc_message->rpc_cred, task_setup_data->flags);
 		if (task->tk_action == NULL)
 			rpc_call_start(task);
 	}