return 0;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Parse string addresses passed in via a mount option,
+ * and construct a sockaddr based on the result.
+ *
+ * If address parsing fails, set the sockaddr's address
+ * family to AF_UNSPEC to force nfs_verify_server_address()
+ * to punt the mount.
+ */
+static void nfs_parse_server_address(char *value,
+                                    struct sockaddr *sap)
+{
+       struct sockaddr_in *ap = (void *)sap;
+
+       ap->sin_family = AF_INET;
+       if (in4_pton(value, -1, (u8 *)&ap->sin_addr.s_addr, '\0', NULL))
+               return;
+
+       sap->sa_family = AF_UNSPEC;
+}
+
 /*
  * Error-check and convert a string of mount options from user space into
  * a data structure
                        string = match_strdup(args);
                        if (string == NULL)
                                goto out_nomem;
-                       mnt->nfs_server.address.sin_family = AF_INET;
-                       mnt->nfs_server.address.sin_addr.s_addr =
-                                                       in_aton(string);
+                       nfs_parse_server_address(string, (struct sockaddr *)
+                                                &mnt->nfs_server.address);
                        kfree(string);
                        break;
                case Opt_clientaddr:
                        string = match_strdup(args);
                        if (string == NULL)
                                goto out_nomem;
-                       mnt->mount_server.address.sin_family = AF_INET;
-                       mnt->mount_server.address.sin_addr.s_addr =
-                                                       in_aton(string);
+                       nfs_parse_server_address(string, (struct sockaddr *)
+                                                &mnt->mount_server.address);
                        kfree(string);
                        break;