diff --git a/include/linux/sunrpc/sched.h b/include/linux/sunrpc/sched.h
index dc0c3cc3ada3..b64f8eb0b973 100644
--- a/include/linux/sunrpc/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sunrpc/sched.h
@@ -192,7 +192,6 @@ struct rpc_wait_queue {
 	pid_t			owner;			/* process id of last task serviced */
 	unsigned char		maxpriority;		/* maximum priority (0 if queue is not a priority queue) */
 	unsigned char		priority;		/* current priority */
-	unsigned char		count;			/* # task groups remaining serviced so far */
 	unsigned char		nr;			/* # tasks remaining for cookie */
 	unsigned short		qlen;			/* total # tasks waiting in queue */
 	struct rpc_timer	timer_list;
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/sched.c b/net/sunrpc/sched.c
index 1aefc9fef866..d17a704aaf5f 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/sched.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/sched.c
@@ -98,6 +98,23 @@ __rpc_add_timer(struct rpc_wait_queue *queue, struct rpc_task *task)
 	list_add(&task->u.tk_wait.timer_list, &queue->timer_list.list);
 }
 
+static void rpc_set_waitqueue_priority(struct rpc_wait_queue *queue, int priority)
+{
+	queue->priority = priority;
+}
+
+static void rpc_set_waitqueue_owner(struct rpc_wait_queue *queue, pid_t pid)
+{
+	queue->owner = pid;
+	queue->nr = RPC_BATCH_COUNT;
+}
+
+static void rpc_reset_waitqueue_priority(struct rpc_wait_queue *queue)
+{
+	rpc_set_waitqueue_priority(queue, queue->maxpriority);
+	rpc_set_waitqueue_owner(queue, 0);
+}
+
 /*
  * Add new request to a priority queue.
  */
@@ -109,9 +126,11 @@ static void __rpc_add_wait_queue_priority(struct rpc_wait_queue *queue,
 	struct rpc_task *t;
 
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&task->u.tk_wait.links);
-	q = &queue->tasks[queue_priority];
 	if (unlikely(queue_priority > queue->maxpriority))
-		q = &queue->tasks[queue->maxpriority];
+		queue_priority = queue->maxpriority;
+	if (queue_priority > queue->priority)
+		rpc_set_waitqueue_priority(queue, queue_priority);
+	q = &queue->tasks[queue_priority];
 	list_for_each_entry(t, q, u.tk_wait.list) {
 		if (t->tk_owner == task->tk_owner) {
 			list_add_tail(&task->u.tk_wait.list, &t->u.tk_wait.links);
@@ -180,24 +199,6 @@ static void __rpc_remove_wait_queue(struct rpc_wait_queue *queue, struct rpc_tas
 			task->tk_pid, queue, rpc_qname(queue));
 }
 
-static inline void rpc_set_waitqueue_priority(struct rpc_wait_queue *queue, int priority)
-{
-	queue->priority = priority;
-	queue->count = 1 << (priority * 2);
-}
-
-static inline void rpc_set_waitqueue_owner(struct rpc_wait_queue *queue, pid_t pid)
-{
-	queue->owner = pid;
-	queue->nr = RPC_BATCH_COUNT;
-}
-
-static inline void rpc_reset_waitqueue_priority(struct rpc_wait_queue *queue)
-{
-	rpc_set_waitqueue_priority(queue, queue->maxpriority);
-	rpc_set_waitqueue_owner(queue, 0);
-}
-
 static void __rpc_init_priority_wait_queue(struct rpc_wait_queue *queue, const char *qname, unsigned char nr_queues)
 {
 	int i;
@@ -464,8 +465,7 @@ static struct rpc_task *__rpc_find_next_queued_priority(struct rpc_wait_queue *q
 		/*
 		 * Check if we need to switch queues.
 		 */
-		if (--queue->count)
-			goto new_owner;
+		goto new_owner;
 	}
 
 	/*