void                   xprt_complete_rqst(struct rpc_task *task, int copied);
 void                   xprt_release_rqst_cong(struct rpc_task *task);
 void                   xprt_disconnect(struct rpc_xprt *xprt);
+void                   xprt_force_disconnect(struct rpc_xprt *xprt);
 
 /*
  * Reserved bit positions in xprt->state
 
 
        xprt_disconnect(xprt);
        xprt->ops->close(xprt);
+       clear_bit(XPRT_CLOSE_WAIT, &xprt->state);
        xprt_release_write(xprt, NULL);
 }
 
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(xprt_disconnect);
 
+/**
+ * xprt_force_disconnect - force a transport to disconnect
+ * @xprt: transport to disconnect
+ *
+ */
+void xprt_force_disconnect(struct rpc_xprt *xprt)
+{
+       /* Don't race with the test_bit() in xprt_clear_locked() */
+       spin_lock_bh(&xprt->transport_lock);
+       set_bit(XPRT_CLOSE_WAIT, &xprt->state);
+       /* Try to schedule an autoclose RPC call */
+       if (test_and_set_bit(XPRT_LOCKED, &xprt->state) == 0)
+               queue_work(rpciod_workqueue, &xprt->task_cleanup);
+       else if (xprt->snd_task != NULL)
+               rpc_wake_up_task(xprt->snd_task);
+       spin_unlock_bh(&xprt->transport_lock);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(xprt_force_disconnect);
+
 static void
 xprt_init_autodisconnect(unsigned long data)
 {
 
        case TCP_SYN_RECV:
                break;
        case TCP_CLOSE_WAIT:
-               /* Try to schedule an autoclose RPC calls */
-               set_bit(XPRT_CLOSE_WAIT, &xprt->state);
-               if (test_and_set_bit(XPRT_LOCKED, &xprt->state) == 0)
-                       queue_work(rpciod_workqueue, &xprt->task_cleanup);
+               xprt_force_disconnect(xprt);
        default:
                xprt_disconnect(xprt);
        }