diff --git a/fs/nfs/fs_context.c b/fs/nfs/fs_context.c
index e2d59bb5e6bbe788953443e6fa54b6ead01c7d7d..9a16897e8dc6b2036c30148f8793604e046097ec 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/fs_context.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/fs_context.c
@@ -517,7 +517,7 @@ static int nfs_fs_context_parse_param(struct fs_context *fc,
 		if (result.negated)
 			ctx->flags &= ~NFS_MOUNT_SOFTREVAL;
 		else
-			ctx->flags &= NFS_MOUNT_SOFTREVAL;
+			ctx->flags |= NFS_MOUNT_SOFTREVAL;
 		break;
 	case Opt_posix:
 		if (result.negated)
diff --git a/include/linux/sunrpc/clnt.h b/include/linux/sunrpc/clnt.h
index db5149567305e60d4800f6e24611c882dbc53553..90501404fa49fefd578b1c9cd0c9b549032bb408 100644
--- a/include/linux/sunrpc/clnt.h
+++ b/include/linux/sunrpc/clnt.h
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ struct rpc_add_xprt_test {
 #define RPC_CLNT_CREATE_NO_RETRANS_TIMEOUT	(1UL << 9)
 #define RPC_CLNT_CREATE_SOFTERR		(1UL << 10)
 #define RPC_CLNT_CREATE_REUSEPORT	(1UL << 11)
-#define RPC_CLNT_CREATE_IGNORE_NULL_UNAVAIL (1UL << 12)
+#define RPC_CLNT_CREATE_CONNECTED	(1UL << 12)
 
 struct rpc_clnt *rpc_create(struct rpc_create_args *args);
 struct rpc_clnt	*rpc_bind_new_program(struct rpc_clnt *,
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_rpc_upcall.c b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_rpc_upcall.c
index 8ca1d809b78d935b27ee83e22ec7f89ec0fa3aea..f549e4c05defcbc3bfc536aaac3d1e1c23580eaa 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_rpc_upcall.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_rpc_upcall.c
@@ -97,7 +97,8 @@ static int gssp_rpc_create(struct net *net, struct rpc_clnt **_clnt)
 		 * timeout, which would result in reconnections being
 		 * done without the correct namespace:
 		 */
-		.flags		= RPC_CLNT_CREATE_IGNORE_NULL_UNAVAIL |
+		.flags		= RPC_CLNT_CREATE_NOPING |
+				  RPC_CLNT_CREATE_CONNECTED |
 				  RPC_CLNT_CREATE_NO_IDLE_TIMEOUT
 	};
 	struct rpc_clnt *clnt;
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/clnt.c b/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
index 22c28cf43ebae3a1acc20d0004fed2ad32280bd1..e2c6eca0271b364c05c4136a9e9ea4eb1e23602b 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ static int	rpc_encode_header(struct rpc_task *task,
 static int	rpc_decode_header(struct rpc_task *task,
 				  struct xdr_stream *xdr);
 static int	rpc_ping(struct rpc_clnt *clnt);
+static int	rpc_ping_noreply(struct rpc_clnt *clnt);
 static void	rpc_check_timeout(struct rpc_task *task);
 
 static void rpc_register_client(struct rpc_clnt *clnt)
@@ -479,9 +480,12 @@ static struct rpc_clnt *rpc_create_xprt(struct rpc_create_args *args,
 
 	if (!(args->flags & RPC_CLNT_CREATE_NOPING)) {
 		int err = rpc_ping(clnt);
-		if ((args->flags & RPC_CLNT_CREATE_IGNORE_NULL_UNAVAIL) &&
-		    err == -EOPNOTSUPP)
-			err = 0;
+		if (err != 0) {
+			rpc_shutdown_client(clnt);
+			return ERR_PTR(err);
+		}
+	} else if (args->flags & RPC_CLNT_CREATE_CONNECTED) {
+		int err = rpc_ping_noreply(clnt);
 		if (err != 0) {
 			rpc_shutdown_client(clnt);
 			return ERR_PTR(err);
@@ -2712,6 +2716,10 @@ static const struct rpc_procinfo rpcproc_null = {
 	.p_decode = rpcproc_decode_null,
 };
 
+static const struct rpc_procinfo rpcproc_null_noreply = {
+	.p_encode = rpcproc_encode_null,
+};
+
 static void
 rpc_null_call_prepare(struct rpc_task *task, void *data)
 {
@@ -2765,6 +2773,28 @@ static int rpc_ping(struct rpc_clnt *clnt)
 	return status;
 }
 
+static int rpc_ping_noreply(struct rpc_clnt *clnt)
+{
+	struct rpc_message msg = {
+		.rpc_proc = &rpcproc_null_noreply,
+	};
+	struct rpc_task_setup task_setup_data = {
+		.rpc_client = clnt,
+		.rpc_message = &msg,
+		.callback_ops = &rpc_null_ops,
+		.flags = RPC_TASK_SOFT | RPC_TASK_SOFTCONN | RPC_TASK_NULLCREDS,
+	};
+	struct rpc_task	*task;
+	int status;
+
+	task = rpc_run_task(&task_setup_data);
+	if (IS_ERR(task))
+		return PTR_ERR(task);
+	status = task->tk_status;
+	rpc_put_task(task);
+	return status;
+}
+
 struct rpc_cb_add_xprt_calldata {
 	struct rpc_xprt_switch *xps;
 	struct rpc_xprt *xprt;