* Create an RPC client handle
  */
 static int nfs_create_rpc_client(struct nfs_client *clp, int proto,
-                                               unsigned int timeo,
-                                               unsigned int retrans,
-                                               rpc_authflavor_t flavor,
-                                               int flags)
+                                const struct rpc_timeout *timeparms,
+                                rpc_authflavor_t flavor,
+                                int flags)
 {
-       struct rpc_timeout      timeparms;
        struct rpc_clnt         *clnt = NULL;
        struct rpc_create_args args = {
                .protocol       = proto,
                .address        = (struct sockaddr *)&clp->cl_addr,
                .addrsize       = clp->cl_addrlen,
-               .timeout        = &timeparms,
+               .timeout        = timeparms,
                .servername     = clp->cl_hostname,
                .program        = &nfs_program,
                .version        = clp->rpc_ops->version,
        if (!IS_ERR(clp->cl_rpcclient))
                return 0;
 
-       nfs_init_timeout_values(&timeparms, proto, timeo, retrans);
-       clp->retrans_timeo = timeparms.to_initval;
-       clp->retrans_count = timeparms.to_retries;
-
        clnt = rpc_create(&args);
        if (IS_ERR(clnt)) {
                dprintk("%s: cannot create RPC client. Error = %ld\n",
 /*
  * Create a general RPC client
  */
-static int nfs_init_server_rpcclient(struct nfs_server *server, rpc_authflavor_t pseudoflavour)
+static int nfs_init_server_rpcclient(struct nfs_server *server,
+               const struct rpc_timeout *timeo,
+               rpc_authflavor_t pseudoflavour)
 {
        struct nfs_client *clp = server->nfs_client;
 
                return PTR_ERR(server->client);
        }
 
+       memcpy(&server->client->cl_timeout_default,
+                       timeo,
+                       sizeof(server->client->cl_timeout_default));
+       server->client->cl_timeout = &server->client->cl_timeout_default;
+
        if (pseudoflavour != clp->cl_rpcclient->cl_auth->au_flavor) {
                struct rpc_auth *auth;
 
  * Initialise an NFS2 or NFS3 client
  */
 static int nfs_init_client(struct nfs_client *clp,
+                          const struct rpc_timeout *timeparms,
                           const struct nfs_parsed_mount_data *data)
 {
        int error;
         * - RFC 2623, sec 2.3.2
         */
        error = nfs_create_rpc_client(clp, data->nfs_server.protocol,
-                               data->timeo, data->retrans, RPC_AUTH_UNIX, 0);
+                               timeparms, RPC_AUTH_UNIX, 0);
        if (error < 0)
                goto error;
        nfs_mark_client_ready(clp, NFS_CS_READY);
                .addrlen = data->nfs_server.addrlen,
                .rpc_ops = &nfs_v2_clientops,
        };
+       struct rpc_timeout timeparms;
        struct nfs_client *clp;
        int error;
 
                return PTR_ERR(clp);
        }
 
-       error = nfs_init_client(clp, data);
+       nfs_init_timeout_values(&timeparms, data->nfs_server.protocol,
+                       data->timeo, data->retrans);
+       error = nfs_init_client(clp, &timeparms, data);
        if (error < 0)
                goto error;
 
        if (error < 0)
                goto error;
 
-       error = nfs_init_server_rpcclient(server, data->auth_flavors[0]);
+       error = nfs_init_server_rpcclient(server, &timeparms, data->auth_flavors[0]);
        if (error < 0)
                goto error;
 
  * Initialise an NFS4 client record
  */
 static int nfs4_init_client(struct nfs_client *clp,
-               int proto, int timeo, int retrans,
+               int proto,
+               const struct rpc_timeout *timeparms,
                const char *ip_addr,
                rpc_authflavor_t authflavour)
 {
        /* Check NFS protocol revision and initialize RPC op vector */
        clp->rpc_ops = &nfs_v4_clientops;
 
-       error = nfs_create_rpc_client(clp, proto, timeo, retrans, authflavour,
+       error = nfs_create_rpc_client(clp, proto, timeparms, authflavour,
                                        RPC_CLNT_CREATE_DISCRTRY);
        if (error < 0)
                goto error;
                const size_t addrlen,
                const char *ip_addr,
                rpc_authflavor_t authflavour,
-               int proto, int timeo, int retrans)
+               int proto, const struct rpc_timeout *timeparms)
 {
        struct nfs_client_initdata cl_init = {
                .hostname = hostname,
                error = PTR_ERR(clp);
                goto error;
        }
-       error = nfs4_init_client(clp, proto, timeo, retrans, ip_addr, authflavour);
+       error = nfs4_init_client(clp, proto, timeparms, ip_addr, authflavour);
        if (error < 0)
                goto error_put;
 
 static int nfs4_init_server(struct nfs_server *server,
                const struct nfs_parsed_mount_data *data)
 {
+       struct rpc_timeout timeparms;
        int error;
 
        dprintk("--> nfs4_init_server()\n");
 
+       nfs_init_timeout_values(&timeparms, data->nfs_server.protocol,
+                       data->timeo, data->retrans);
+
+       /* Get a client record */
+       error = nfs4_set_client(server,
+                       data->nfs_server.hostname,
+                       (const struct sockaddr *)&data->nfs_server.address,
+                       data->nfs_server.addrlen,
+                       data->client_address,
+                       data->auth_flavors[0],
+                       data->nfs_server.protocol,
+                       &timeparms);
+       if (error < 0)
+               goto error;
+
        /* Initialise the client representation from the mount data */
        server->flags = data->flags & NFS_MOUNT_FLAGMASK;
        server->caps |= NFS_CAP_ATOMIC_OPEN;
        server->acdirmin = data->acdirmin * HZ;
        server->acdirmax = data->acdirmax * HZ;
 
-       error = nfs_init_server_rpcclient(server, data->auth_flavors[0]);
+       error = nfs_init_server_rpcclient(server, &timeparms, data->auth_flavors[0]);
 
+error:
        /* Done */
        dprintk("<-- nfs4_init_server() = %d\n", error);
        return error;
        if (!server)
                return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
-       /* Get a client record */
-       error = nfs4_set_client(server,
-                       data->nfs_server.hostname,
-                       (struct sockaddr *)&data->nfs_server.address,
-                       data->nfs_server.addrlen,
-                       data->client_address,
-                       data->auth_flavors[0],
-                       data->nfs_server.protocol,
-                       data->timeo, data->retrans);
-       if (error < 0)
-               goto error;
-
        /* set up the general RPC client */
        error = nfs4_init_server(server, data);
        if (error < 0)
                                parent_client->cl_ipaddr,
                                data->authflavor,
                                parent_server->client->cl_xprt->prot,
-                               parent_client->retrans_timeo,
-                               parent_client->retrans_count);
+                               parent_server->client->cl_timeout);
        if (error < 0)
                goto error;
 
        nfs_server_copy_userdata(server, parent_server);
        server->caps |= NFS_CAP_ATOMIC_OPEN;
 
-       error = nfs_init_server_rpcclient(server, data->authflavor);
+       error = nfs_init_server_rpcclient(server, parent_server->client->cl_timeout, data->authflavor);
        if (error < 0)
                goto error;
 
 
        server->fsid = fattr->fsid;
 
-       error = nfs_init_server_rpcclient(server, source->client->cl_auth->au_flavor);
+       error = nfs_init_server_rpcclient(server,
+                       source->client->cl_timeout,
+                       source->client->cl_auth->au_flavor);
        if (error < 0)
                goto out_free_server;
        if (!IS_ERR(source->client_acl))