}
 
 /*
- * Find a client by address
- * - caller must hold nfs_client_lock
+ * Find a client by IP address and protocol version
+ * - returns NULL if no such client
  */
-static struct nfs_client *__nfs_find_client(const struct sockaddr_in *addr, int nfsversion, int match_port)
+struct nfs_client *nfs_find_client(const struct sockaddr_in *addr, int nfsversion)
 {
        struct nfs_client *clp;
 
+       spin_lock(&nfs_client_lock);
        list_for_each_entry(clp, &nfs_client_list, cl_share_link) {
                /* Don't match clients that failed to initialise properly */
-               if (clp->cl_cons_state < 0)
+               if (clp->cl_cons_state != NFS_CS_READY)
                        continue;
 
                /* Different NFS versions cannot share the same nfs_client */
                if (clp->cl_nfsversion != nfsversion)
                        continue;
 
+               /* Match only the IP address, not the port number */
                if (clp->cl_addr.sin_addr.s_addr != addr->sin_addr.s_addr)
                        continue;
 
-               if (!match_port || clp->cl_addr.sin_port == addr->sin_port)
-                       goto found;
+               atomic_inc(&clp->cl_count);
+               spin_unlock(&nfs_client_lock);
+               return clp;
        }
-
+       spin_unlock(&nfs_client_lock);
        return NULL;
-
-found:
-       atomic_inc(&clp->cl_count);
-       return clp;
 }
 
 /*
- * Find a client by IP address and protocol version
- * - returns NULL if no such client
+ * Find an nfs_client on the list that matches the initialisation data
+ * that is supplied.
  */
-struct nfs_client *nfs_find_client(const struct sockaddr_in *addr, int nfsversion)
+static struct nfs_client *nfs_match_client(const struct nfs_client_initdata *data)
 {
        struct nfs_client *clp;
 
-       spin_lock(&nfs_client_lock);
-       clp = __nfs_find_client(addr, nfsversion, 0);
-       spin_unlock(&nfs_client_lock);
-       if (clp != NULL && clp->cl_cons_state != NFS_CS_READY) {
-               nfs_put_client(clp);
-               clp = NULL;
+       list_for_each_entry(clp, &nfs_client_list, cl_share_link) {
+               /* Don't match clients that failed to initialise properly */
+               if (clp->cl_cons_state < 0)
+                       continue;
+
+               /* Different NFS versions cannot share the same nfs_client */
+               if (clp->cl_nfsversion != data->version)
+                       continue;
+
+               /* Match the full socket address */
+               if (memcmp(&clp->cl_addr, data->addr, sizeof(clp->cl_addr)) != 0)
+                       continue;
+
+               atomic_inc(&clp->cl_count);
+               return clp;
        }
-       return clp;
+       return NULL;
 }
 
 /*
        do {
                spin_lock(&nfs_client_lock);
 
-               clp = __nfs_find_client(cl_init->addr, cl_init->version, 1);
+               clp = nfs_match_client(cl_init);
                if (clp)
                        goto found_client;
                if (new)