struct nfs_client_initdata {
        const char *hostname;
        const struct sockaddr_in *addr;
-       int version;
+       const struct nfs_rpc_ops *rpc_ops;
 };
 
 /*
        if ((clp = kzalloc(sizeof(*clp), GFP_KERNEL)) == NULL)
                goto error_0;
 
-       if (cl_init->version == 4) {
+       clp->rpc_ops = cl_init->rpc_ops;
+
+       if (cl_init->rpc_ops->version == 4) {
                if (nfs_callback_up() < 0)
                        goto error_2;
                __set_bit(NFS_CS_CALLBACK, &clp->cl_res_state);
        atomic_set(&clp->cl_count, 1);
        clp->cl_cons_state = NFS_CS_INITING;
 
-       clp->cl_nfsversion = cl_init->version;
        memcpy(&clp->cl_addr, cl_init->addr, sizeof(clp->cl_addr));
 
        if (cl_init->hostname) {
  */
 static void nfs_free_client(struct nfs_client *clp)
 {
-       dprintk("--> nfs_free_client(%d)\n", clp->cl_nfsversion);
+       dprintk("--> nfs_free_client(%u)\n", clp->rpc_ops->version);
 
        nfs4_shutdown_client(clp);
 
                        continue;
 
                /* Different NFS versions cannot share the same nfs_client */
-               if (clp->cl_nfsversion != nfsversion)
+               if (clp->rpc_ops->version != nfsversion)
                        continue;
 
                /* Match only the IP address, not the port number */
                        continue;
 
                /* Different NFS versions cannot share the same nfs_client */
-               if (clp->cl_nfsversion != data->version)
+               if (clp->rpc_ops != data->rpc_ops)
                        continue;
 
                /* Match the full socket address */
        struct nfs_client *clp, *new = NULL;
        int error;
 
-       dprintk("--> nfs_get_client(%s,"NIPQUAD_FMT":%d,%d)\n",
+       dprintk("--> nfs_get_client(%s,"NIPQUAD_FMT":%d,%u)\n",
                cl_init->hostname ?: "", NIPQUAD(cl_init->addr->sin_addr),
-               cl_init->addr->sin_port, cl_init->version);
+               cl_init->addr->sin_port, cl_init->rpc_ops->version);
 
        /* see if the client already exists */
        do {
 {
        int error = 0;
 
-       if (server->nfs_client->cl_nfsversion > 3)
+       if (server->nfs_client->rpc_ops->version > 3)
                goto out;
        if (server->flags & NFS_MOUNT_NONLM)
                goto out;
 #ifdef CONFIG_NFS_V3_ACL
 static void nfs_init_server_aclclient(struct nfs_server *server)
 {
-       if (server->nfs_client->cl_nfsversion != 3)
+       if (server->nfs_client->rpc_ops->version != 3)
                goto out_noacl;
        if (server->flags & NFS_MOUNT_NOACL)
                goto out_noacl;
                return 0;
        }
 
-       /* Check NFS protocol revision and initialize RPC op vector */
-       clp->rpc_ops = &nfs_v2_clientops;
-#ifdef CONFIG_NFS_V3
-       if (clp->cl_nfsversion == 3)
-               clp->rpc_ops = &nfs_v3_clientops;
-#endif
        /*
         * Create a client RPC handle for doing FSSTAT with UNIX auth only
         * - RFC 2623, sec 2.3.2
        struct nfs_client_initdata cl_init = {
                .hostname = data->nfs_server.hostname,
                .addr = &data->nfs_server.address,
-               .version = 2,
+               .rpc_ops = &nfs_v2_clientops,
        };
        struct nfs_client *clp;
        int error;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_NFS_V3
        if (data->flags & NFS_MOUNT_VER3)
-               cl_init.version = 3;
+               cl_init.rpc_ops = &nfs_v3_clientops;
 #endif
 
        /* Allocate or find a client reference we can use */
        struct nfs_client_initdata cl_init = {
                .hostname = hostname,
                .addr = addr,
-               .version = 4,
+               .rpc_ops = &nfs_v4_clientops,
        };
        struct nfs_client *clp;
        int error;
        /* display one transport per line on subsequent lines */
        clp = list_entry(v, struct nfs_client, cl_share_link);
 
-       seq_printf(m, "v%d %02x%02x%02x%02x %4hx %3d %s\n",
-                  clp->cl_nfsversion,
+       seq_printf(m, "v%u %02x%02x%02x%02x %4hx %3d %s\n",
+                  clp->rpc_ops->version,
                   NIPQUAD(clp->cl_addr.sin_addr),
                   ntohs(clp->cl_addr.sin_port),
                   atomic_read(&clp->cl_count),
                 (unsigned long long) server->fsid.major,
                 (unsigned long long) server->fsid.minor);
 
-       seq_printf(m, "v%d %02x%02x%02x%02x %4hx %-7s %-17s\n",
-                  clp->cl_nfsversion,
+       seq_printf(m, "v%u %02x%02x%02x%02x %4hx %-7s %-17s\n",
+                  clp->rpc_ops->version,
                   NIPQUAD(clp->cl_addr.sin_addr),
                   ntohs(clp->cl_addr.sin_port),
                   dev,