diff --git a/fs/nfsd/export.c b/fs/nfsd/export.c
index b0591cd172eb7636f95d615c5fa2f0c454202682..1137d09c59765486fd56359821c0e901d3d335bd 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/export.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/export.c
@@ -787,15 +787,20 @@ exp_get_by_name(svc_client *clp, struct vfsmount *mnt, struct dentry *dentry,
 	key.ex_dentry = dentry;
 
 	exp = svc_export_lookup(&key);
-	if (exp != NULL) 
-		switch (cache_check(&svc_export_cache, &exp->h, reqp)) {
+	if (exp != NULL)  {
+		int err;
+
+		err = cache_check(&svc_export_cache, &exp->h, reqp);
+		switch (err) {
 		case 0: break;
 		case -EAGAIN:
-			exp = ERR_PTR(-EAGAIN);
+		case -ETIMEDOUT:
+			exp = ERR_PTR(err);
 			break;
 		default:
 			exp = NULL;
 		}
+	}
 
 	return exp;
 }
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfsfh.c b/fs/nfsd/nfsfh.c
index 727ab3bd450d54bffee6183ddf8fea3e1d3bdb75..b06bf9f70efc380b0dad39c891d9060584e97fc0 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfsfh.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfsfh.c
@@ -169,9 +169,11 @@ fh_verify(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_fh *fhp, int type, int access)
 			exp = exp_find(rqstp->rq_client, 0, tfh, &rqstp->rq_chandle);
 		}
 
-		error = nfserr_dropit;
-		if (IS_ERR(exp) && PTR_ERR(exp) == -EAGAIN)
+		if (IS_ERR(exp) && (PTR_ERR(exp) == -EAGAIN
+				|| PTR_ERR(exp) == -ETIMEDOUT)) {
+			error = nfserrno(PTR_ERR(exp));
 			goto out;
+		}
 
 		error = nfserr_stale; 
 		if (!exp || IS_ERR(exp))
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
index 4883d758622983cab8fc870d4bddf7ba67491971..7a79c23aa6d4efe78bbfc03f6260ad64cf6ec589 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ static struct raparm_hbucket	raparm_hash[RAPARM_HASH_SIZE];
 /* 
  * Called from nfsd_lookup and encode_dirent. Check if we have crossed 
  * a mount point.
- * Returns -EAGAIN leaving *dpp and *expp unchanged, 
+ * Returns -EAGAIN or -ETIMEDOUT leaving *dpp and *expp unchanged,
  *  or nfs_ok having possibly changed *dpp and *expp
  */
 int
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/svcauth_gss.c b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/svcauth_gss.c
index 3bf3520f92d11fa9733af97f8101a7c81ceba8fb..066c64a97fd87fafd5e48411b82bae5abb574393 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/svcauth_gss.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/svcauth_gss.c
@@ -1066,7 +1066,7 @@ svcauth_gss_accept(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, __be32 *authp)
 		}
 		switch(cache_check(&rsi_cache, &rsip->h, &rqstp->rq_chandle)) {
 		case -EAGAIN:
-			goto drop;
+		case -ETIMEDOUT:
 		case -ENOENT:
 			goto drop;
 		case 0:
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/cache.c b/net/sunrpc/cache.c
index 80aff047457255647a293471087f6d1713a15306..824e8534e02210bc755b9a4b37b72067984caa4e 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/cache.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/cache.c
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 
 #define	 RPCDBG_FACILITY RPCDBG_CACHE
 
-static void cache_defer_req(struct cache_req *req, struct cache_head *item);
+static int cache_defer_req(struct cache_req *req, struct cache_head *item);
 static void cache_revisit_request(struct cache_head *item);
 
 static void cache_init(struct cache_head *h)
@@ -185,6 +185,7 @@ static int cache_make_upcall(struct cache_detail *detail, struct cache_head *h);
  *
  * Returns 0 if the cache_head can be used, or cache_puts it and returns
  * -EAGAIN if upcall is pending,
+ * -ETIMEDOUT if upcall failed and should be retried,
  * -ENOENT if cache entry was negative
  */
 int cache_check(struct cache_detail *detail,
@@ -236,7 +237,8 @@ int cache_check(struct cache_detail *detail,
 	}
 
 	if (rv == -EAGAIN)
-		cache_defer_req(rqstp, h);
+		if (cache_defer_req(rqstp, h) != 0)
+			rv = -ETIMEDOUT;
 
 	if (rv)
 		cache_put(h, detail);
@@ -523,14 +525,14 @@ static LIST_HEAD(cache_defer_list);
 static struct list_head cache_defer_hash[DFR_HASHSIZE];
 static int cache_defer_cnt;
 
-static void cache_defer_req(struct cache_req *req, struct cache_head *item)
+static int cache_defer_req(struct cache_req *req, struct cache_head *item)
 {
 	struct cache_deferred_req *dreq;
 	int hash = DFR_HASH(item);
 
 	dreq = req->defer(req);
 	if (dreq == NULL)
-		return;
+		return -ETIMEDOUT;
 
 	dreq->item = item;
 	dreq->recv_time = get_seconds();
@@ -571,6 +573,7 @@ static void cache_defer_req(struct cache_req *req, struct cache_head *item)
 		/* must have just been validated... */
 		cache_revisit_request(item);
 	}
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static void cache_revisit_request(struct cache_head *item)
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/svcauth_unix.c b/net/sunrpc/svcauth_unix.c
index a0a953a430c29957e7204b03061da0604d8c4cf5..177f81608cfbaa1fd983b2b22497a74c58f96b67 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/svcauth_unix.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/svcauth_unix.c
@@ -435,6 +435,7 @@ svcauth_unix_set_client(struct svc_rqst *rqstp)
 		default:
 			BUG();
 		case -EAGAIN:
+		case -ETIMEDOUT:
 			return SVC_DROP;
 		case -ENOENT:
 			return SVC_DENIED;