diff --git a/include/linux/sunrpc/rpc_pipe_fs.h b/include/linux/sunrpc/rpc_pipe_fs.h
index 51b977a4ca20..cea764c2359f 100644
--- a/include/linux/sunrpc/rpc_pipe_fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/sunrpc/rpc_pipe_fs.h
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ struct rpc_pipe_ops {
 	ssize_t (*upcall)(struct file *, struct rpc_pipe_msg *, char __user *, size_t);
 	ssize_t (*downcall)(struct file *, const char __user *, size_t);
 	void (*release_pipe)(struct inode *);
+	int (*open_pipe)(struct inode *);
 	void (*destroy_msg)(struct rpc_pipe_msg *);
 };
 
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/rpc_pipe.c b/net/sunrpc/rpc_pipe.c
index 55b2049834c4..c9b57f47108c 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/rpc_pipe.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/rpc_pipe.c
@@ -169,16 +169,24 @@ static int
 rpc_pipe_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 {
 	struct rpc_inode *rpci = RPC_I(inode);
+	int first_open;
 	int res = -ENXIO;
 
 	mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
-	if (rpci->ops != NULL) {
-		if (filp->f_mode & FMODE_READ)
-			rpci->nreaders ++;
-		if (filp->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE)
-			rpci->nwriters ++;
-		res = 0;
+	if (rpci->ops == NULL)
+		goto out;
+	first_open = rpci->nreaders == 0 && rpci->nwriters == 0;
+	if (first_open && rpci->ops->open_pipe) {
+		res = rpci->ops->open_pipe(inode);
+		if (res)
+			goto out;
 	}
+	if (filp->f_mode & FMODE_READ)
+		rpci->nreaders++;
+	if (filp->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE)
+		rpci->nwriters++;
+	res = 0;
+out:
 	mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
 	return res;
 }
@@ -748,7 +756,7 @@ rpc_rmdir(struct dentry *dentry)
  * @name: name of pipe
  * @private: private data to associate with the pipe, for the caller's use
  * @ops: operations defining the behavior of the pipe: upcall, downcall,
- *	release_pipe, and destroy_msg.
+ *	release_pipe, open_pipe, and destroy_msg.
  * @flags: rpc_inode flags
  *
  * Data is made available for userspace to read by calls to