diff --git a/fs/nfs/callback_xdr.c b/fs/nfs/callback_xdr.c
index a87a562734077c221884edaf7962086af6e7a643..57558a8d92e9ba4ae3214365d4314b06ebb6499b 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/callback_xdr.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/callback_xdr.c
@@ -991,7 +991,7 @@ static __be32 nfs4_callback_compound(struct svc_rqst *rqstp)
 
 out_invalidcred:
 	pr_warn_ratelimited("NFS: NFSv4 callback contains invalid cred\n");
-	return rpc_autherr_badcred;
+	return svc_return_autherr(rqstp, rpc_autherr_badcred);
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/include/linux/sunrpc/svc.h b/include/linux/sunrpc/svc.h
index fdb6b317d974739afcdf5519d8872790493bc244..c019d3a634c7e22fc2f69ba3daa6f8510883a531 100644
--- a/include/linux/sunrpc/svc.h
+++ b/include/linux/sunrpc/svc.h
@@ -271,6 +271,7 @@ struct svc_rqst {
 #define	RQ_VICTIM	(5)			/* about to be shut down */
 #define	RQ_BUSY		(6)			/* request is busy */
 #define	RQ_DATA		(7)			/* request has data */
+#define	RQ_AUTHERR	(8)			/* Request status is auth error */
 	unsigned long		rq_flags;	/* flags field */
 	ktime_t			rq_qtime;	/* enqueue time */
 
@@ -504,6 +505,7 @@ unsigned int	   svc_fill_write_vector(struct svc_rqst *rqstp,
 char		  *svc_fill_symlink_pathname(struct svc_rqst *rqstp,
 					     struct kvec *first, void *p,
 					     size_t total);
+__be32		   svc_return_autherr(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, __be32 auth_err);
 
 #define	RPC_MAX_ADDRBUFLEN	(63U)
 
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/svc.c b/net/sunrpc/svc.c
index 536bf369b97327c35571aac206af3d15cf646d9c..c95c8f6ada64b792675437c1ddca437285f9eb78 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/svc.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/svc.c
@@ -1146,6 +1146,22 @@ static __printf(2,3) void svc_printk(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, const char *fmt, ..
 
 extern void svc_tcp_prep_reply_hdr(struct svc_rqst *);
 
+__be32
+svc_return_autherr(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, __be32 auth_err)
+{
+	set_bit(RQ_AUTHERR, &rqstp->rq_flags);
+	return auth_err;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(svc_return_autherr);
+
+static __be32
+svc_get_autherr(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, __be32 *statp)
+{
+	if (test_and_clear_bit(RQ_AUTHERR, &rqstp->rq_flags))
+		return *statp;
+	return rpc_auth_ok;
+}
+
 /*
  * Common routine for processing the RPC request.
  */
@@ -1296,11 +1312,9 @@ svc_process_common(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct kvec *argv, struct kvec *resv)
 				procp->pc_release(rqstp);
 			goto dropit;
 		}
-		if (*statp == rpc_autherr_badcred) {
-			if (procp->pc_release)
-				procp->pc_release(rqstp);
-			goto err_bad_auth;
-		}
+		auth_stat = svc_get_autherr(rqstp, statp);
+		if (auth_stat != rpc_auth_ok)
+			goto err_release_bad_auth;
 		if (*statp == rpc_success && procp->pc_encode &&
 		    !procp->pc_encode(rqstp, resv->iov_base + resv->iov_len)) {
 			dprintk("svc: failed to encode reply\n");
@@ -1359,6 +1373,9 @@ svc_process_common(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct kvec *argv, struct kvec *resv)
 	svc_putnl(resv, 2);
 	goto sendit;
 
+err_release_bad_auth:
+	if (procp->pc_release)
+		procp->pc_release(rqstp);
 err_bad_auth:
 	dprintk("svc: authentication failed (%d)\n", ntohl(auth_stat));
 	serv->sv_stats->rpcbadauth++;