diff --git a/include/linux/sunrpc/svcauth.h b/include/linux/sunrpc/svcauth.h
index d39dbdc7b10f383332caf249c1872458c35562cd..11266935e2d6ec2941a69eeacc41e57ea8d20016 100644
--- a/include/linux/sunrpc/svcauth.h
+++ b/include/linux/sunrpc/svcauth.h
@@ -108,9 +108,13 @@ struct auth_ops {
 #define	SVC_NEGATIVE	4
 #define	SVC_OK		5
 #define	SVC_DROP	6
-#define	SVC_DENIED	7
-#define	SVC_PENDING	8
-#define	SVC_COMPLETE	9
+#define	SVC_CLOSE	7	/* Like SVC_DROP, but request is definitely
+				 * lost so if there is a tcp connection, it
+				 * should be closed
+				 */
+#define	SVC_DENIED	8
+#define	SVC_PENDING	9
+#define	SVC_COMPLETE	10
 
 
 extern int	svc_authenticate(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, __be32 *authp);
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/svcauth_gss.c b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/svcauth_gss.c
index cc385b3a59c219741e463cd78842f8e01f7cf9c4..ed005af3ef5d881ca2c674787ed696bfe9baa0b1 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/svcauth_gss.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/svcauth_gss.c
@@ -964,7 +964,7 @@ svcauth_gss_set_client(struct svc_rqst *rqstp)
 	if (rqstp->rq_gssclient == NULL)
 		return SVC_DENIED;
 	stat = svcauth_unix_set_client(rqstp);
-	if (stat == SVC_DROP)
+	if (stat == SVC_DROP || stat == SVC_CLOSE)
 		return stat;
 	return SVC_OK;
 }
@@ -1018,7 +1018,7 @@ static int svcauth_gss_handle_init(struct svc_rqst *rqstp,
 		return SVC_DENIED;
 	memset(&rsikey, 0, sizeof(rsikey));
 	if (dup_netobj(&rsikey.in_handle, &gc->gc_ctx))
-		return SVC_DROP;
+		return SVC_CLOSE;
 	*authp = rpc_autherr_badverf;
 	if (svc_safe_getnetobj(argv, &tmpobj)) {
 		kfree(rsikey.in_handle.data);
@@ -1026,22 +1026,22 @@ static int svcauth_gss_handle_init(struct svc_rqst *rqstp,
 	}
 	if (dup_netobj(&rsikey.in_token, &tmpobj)) {
 		kfree(rsikey.in_handle.data);
-		return SVC_DROP;
+		return SVC_CLOSE;
 	}
 
 	/* Perform upcall, or find upcall result: */
 	rsip = rsi_lookup(&rsikey);
 	rsi_free(&rsikey);
 	if (!rsip)
-		return SVC_DROP;
+		return SVC_CLOSE;
 	switch (cache_check(&rsi_cache, &rsip->h, &rqstp->rq_chandle)) {
 	case -EAGAIN:
 	case -ETIMEDOUT:
 	case -ENOENT:
 		/* No upcall result: */
-		return SVC_DROP;
+		return SVC_CLOSE;
 	case 0:
-		ret = SVC_DROP;
+		ret = SVC_CLOSE;
 		/* Got an answer to the upcall; use it: */
 		if (gss_write_init_verf(rqstp, rsip))
 			goto out;
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/svc.c b/net/sunrpc/svc.c
index d9017d64597e2beabb7f2edb9147018613d7c412..6359c42c49410f73fbf9e8c7c570964f1ca739b1 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/svc.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/svc.c
@@ -1055,6 +1055,9 @@ svc_process_common(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct kvec *argv, struct kvec *resv)
 		goto err_bad;
 	case SVC_DENIED:
 		goto err_bad_auth;
+	case SVC_CLOSE:
+		if (test_bit(XPT_TEMP, &rqstp->rq_xprt->xpt_flags))
+			svc_close_xprt(rqstp->rq_xprt);
 	case SVC_DROP:
 		goto dropit;
 	case SVC_COMPLETE:
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/svcauth_unix.c b/net/sunrpc/svcauth_unix.c
index 207311610988a3c3f29a2bf3ce2ea37320d237f1..e91b550bc8362ef5ff53dd0b85aa43f2bb45d6e2 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/svcauth_unix.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/svcauth_unix.c
@@ -674,6 +674,8 @@ static struct group_info *unix_gid_find(uid_t uid, struct svc_rqst *rqstp)
 	switch (ret) {
 	case -ENOENT:
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
+	case -ETIMEDOUT:
+		return ERR_PTR(-ESHUTDOWN);
 	case 0:
 		gi = get_group_info(ug->gi);
 		cache_put(&ug->h, &unix_gid_cache);
@@ -720,8 +722,9 @@ svcauth_unix_set_client(struct svc_rqst *rqstp)
 	switch (cache_check(&ip_map_cache, &ipm->h, &rqstp->rq_chandle)) {
 		default:
 			BUG();
-		case -EAGAIN:
 		case -ETIMEDOUT:
+			return SVC_CLOSE;
+		case -EAGAIN:
 			return SVC_DROP;
 		case -ENOENT:
 			return SVC_DENIED;
@@ -736,6 +739,8 @@ svcauth_unix_set_client(struct svc_rqst *rqstp)
 	switch (PTR_ERR(gi)) {
 	case -EAGAIN:
 		return SVC_DROP;
+	case -ESHUTDOWN:
+		return SVC_CLOSE;
 	case -ENOENT:
 		break;
 	default:
@@ -776,7 +781,7 @@ svcauth_null_accept(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, __be32 *authp)
 	cred->cr_gid = (gid_t) -1;
 	cred->cr_group_info = groups_alloc(0);
 	if (cred->cr_group_info == NULL)
-		return SVC_DROP; /* kmalloc failure - client must retry */
+		return SVC_CLOSE; /* kmalloc failure - client must retry */
 
 	/* Put NULL verifier */
 	svc_putnl(resv, RPC_AUTH_NULL);
@@ -840,7 +845,7 @@ svcauth_unix_accept(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, __be32 *authp)
 		goto badcred;
 	cred->cr_group_info = groups_alloc(slen);
 	if (cred->cr_group_info == NULL)
-		return SVC_DROP;
+		return SVC_CLOSE;
 	for (i = 0; i < slen; i++)
 		GROUP_AT(cred->cr_group_info, i) = svc_getnl(argv);
 	if (svc_getu32(argv) != htonl(RPC_AUTH_NULL) || svc_getu32(argv) != 0) {