diff --git a/net/sunrpc/clnt.c b/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
index 488ddeed9363..e0b94ce4c4e6 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
@@ -461,6 +461,8 @@ struct rpc_clnt *rpc_create_xprt(struct rpc_create_args *args,
 
 	if (args->flags & RPC_CLNT_CREATE_AUTOBIND)
 		clnt->cl_autobind = 1;
+	if (args->flags & RPC_CLNT_CREATE_NO_RETRANS_TIMEOUT)
+		clnt->cl_noretranstimeo = 1;
 	if (args->flags & RPC_CLNT_CREATE_DISCRTRY)
 		clnt->cl_discrtry = 1;
 	if (!(args->flags & RPC_CLNT_CREATE_QUIET))
@@ -579,6 +581,7 @@ static struct rpc_clnt *__rpc_clone_client(struct rpc_create_args *args,
 	/* Turn off autobind on clones */
 	new->cl_autobind = 0;
 	new->cl_softrtry = clnt->cl_softrtry;
+	new->cl_noretranstimeo = clnt->cl_noretranstimeo;
 	new->cl_discrtry = clnt->cl_discrtry;
 	new->cl_chatty = clnt->cl_chatty;
 	return new;