diff --git a/net/sunrpc/sched.c b/net/sunrpc/sched.c
index bfa31714581f52e27f51c312aa0288a9cb4fd411..fb20f25ddec9b70c805ad65d675441d02b62055b 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/sched.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/sched.c
@@ -98,9 +98,25 @@ __rpc_add_timer(struct rpc_wait_queue *queue, struct rpc_task *task)
 	list_add(&task->u.tk_wait.timer_list, &queue->timer_list.list);
 }
 
+static void rpc_rotate_queue_owner(struct rpc_wait_queue *queue)
+{
+	struct list_head *q = &queue->tasks[queue->priority];
+	struct rpc_task *task;
+
+	if (!list_empty(q)) {
+		task = list_first_entry(q, struct rpc_task, u.tk_wait.list);
+		if (task->tk_owner == queue->owner)
+			list_move_tail(&task->u.tk_wait.list, q);
+	}
+}
+
 static void rpc_set_waitqueue_priority(struct rpc_wait_queue *queue, int priority)
 {
-	queue->priority = priority;
+	if (queue->priority != priority) {
+		/* Fairness: rotate the list when changing priority */
+		rpc_rotate_queue_owner(queue);
+		queue->priority = priority;
+	}
 }
 
 static void rpc_set_waitqueue_owner(struct rpc_wait_queue *queue, pid_t pid)