diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4client.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4client.c
index 0e46d3d1b6cc6c06854517c66ab4aa5f783cfb9e..aa9ef4876046aa17cc43c201d33ba6dbe49f1b8f 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4client.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4client.c
@@ -531,6 +531,13 @@ int nfs40_walk_client_list(struct nfs_client *new,
 			*result = pos;
 			dprintk("NFS: <-- %s using nfs_client = %p ({%d})\n",
 				__func__, pos, atomic_read(&pos->cl_count));
+			goto out;
+		case -ERESTARTSYS:
+		case -ETIMEDOUT:
+			/* The callback path may have been inadvertently
+			 * changed. Schedule recovery!
+			 */
+			nfs4_schedule_path_down_recovery(pos);
 		default:
 			goto out;
 		}