diff --git a/include/linux/sunrpc/sched.h b/include/linux/sunrpc/sched.h
index a390c9b8a01e8182bd0a77161bd088d3a514233a..6c23f73a799a0760649ccc89eefd34d1f50ac272 100644
--- a/include/linux/sunrpc/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sunrpc/sched.h
@@ -203,6 +203,7 @@ struct rpc_wait_queue {
 	unsigned char		priority;		/* current priority */
 	unsigned char		count;			/* # task groups remaining serviced so far */
 	unsigned char		nr;			/* # tasks remaining for cookie */
+	unsigned short		qlen;			/* total # tasks waiting in queue */
 #ifdef RPC_DEBUG
 	const char *		name;
 #endif
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/sched.c b/net/sunrpc/sched.c
index 1b74420d16030d034635733eff748b5aede50c98..aa0449dcd8e521d53448c8c1a2f98a8f84c27786 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/sched.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/sched.c
@@ -181,6 +181,7 @@ static void __rpc_add_wait_queue(struct rpc_wait_queue *queue, struct rpc_task *
 	else
 		list_add_tail(&task->u.tk_wait.list, &queue->tasks[0]);
 	task->u.tk_wait.rpc_waitq = queue;
+	queue->qlen++;
 	rpc_set_queued(task);
 
 	dprintk("RPC: %4d added to queue %p \"%s\"\n",
@@ -215,6 +216,7 @@ static void __rpc_remove_wait_queue(struct rpc_task *task)
 		__rpc_remove_wait_queue_priority(task);
 	else
 		list_del(&task->u.tk_wait.list);
+	queue->qlen--;
 	dprintk("RPC: %4d removed from queue %p \"%s\"\n",
 				task->tk_pid, queue, rpc_qname(queue));
 }