u32                     proc;
 
        char                    *mon_name;
-       char                    *nodename;
+       const char              *nodename;
 };
 
 struct nsm_res {
        return rpc_create(&args);
 }
 
-static struct rpc_clnt *nsm_client_set(struct lockd_net *ln,
-               struct rpc_clnt *clnt)
-{
-       spin_lock(&ln->nsm_clnt_lock);
-       if (ln->nsm_users == 0) {
-               if (clnt == NULL)
-                       goto out;
-               ln->nsm_clnt = clnt;
-       }
-       clnt = ln->nsm_clnt;
-       ln->nsm_users++;
-out:
-       spin_unlock(&ln->nsm_clnt_lock);
-       return clnt;
-}
-
-static struct rpc_clnt *nsm_client_get(struct net *net, const char *nodename)
-{
-       struct rpc_clnt *clnt, *new;
-       struct lockd_net *ln = net_generic(net, lockd_net_id);
-
-       clnt = nsm_client_set(ln, NULL);
-       if (clnt != NULL)
-               goto out;
-
-       clnt = new = nsm_create(net, nodename);
-       if (IS_ERR(clnt))
-               goto out;
-
-       clnt = nsm_client_set(ln, new);
-       if (clnt != new)
-               rpc_shutdown_client(new);
-out:
-       return clnt;
-}
-
-static void nsm_client_put(struct net *net)
-{
-       struct lockd_net *ln = net_generic(net, lockd_net_id);
-       struct rpc_clnt *clnt = NULL;
-
-       spin_lock(&ln->nsm_clnt_lock);
-       ln->nsm_users--;
-       if (ln->nsm_users == 0) {
-               clnt = ln->nsm_clnt;
-               ln->nsm_clnt = NULL;
-       }
-       spin_unlock(&ln->nsm_clnt_lock);
-       if (clnt != NULL)
-               rpc_shutdown_client(clnt);
-}
-
 static int nsm_mon_unmon(struct nsm_handle *nsm, u32 proc, struct nsm_res *res,
-                        struct rpc_clnt *clnt)
+                        const struct nlm_host *host)
 {
        int             status;
+       struct rpc_clnt *clnt;
        struct nsm_args args = {
                .priv           = &nsm->sm_priv,
                .prog           = NLM_PROGRAM,
                .vers           = 3,
                .proc           = NLMPROC_NSM_NOTIFY,
                .mon_name       = nsm->sm_mon_name,
-               .nodename       = clnt->cl_nodename,
+               .nodename       = host->nodename,
        };
        struct rpc_message msg = {
                .rpc_argp       = &args,
 
        memset(res, 0, sizeof(*res));
 
+       clnt = nsm_create(host->net, host->nodename);
+       if (IS_ERR(clnt)) {
+               dprintk("lockd: failed to create NSM upcall transport, "
+                       "status=%ld, net=%p\n", PTR_ERR(clnt), host->net);
+               return PTR_ERR(clnt);
+       }
+
        msg.rpc_proc = &clnt->cl_procinfo[proc];
        status = rpc_call_sync(clnt, &msg, RPC_TASK_SOFTCONN);
        if (status == -ECONNREFUSED) {
                                status);
        else
                status = 0;
+
+       rpc_shutdown_client(clnt);
        return status;
 }
 
        struct nsm_handle *nsm = host->h_nsmhandle;
        struct nsm_res  res;
        int             status;
-       struct rpc_clnt *clnt;
-       const char *nodename = NULL;
 
        dprintk("lockd: nsm_monitor(%s)\n", nsm->sm_name);
 
        if (nsm->sm_monitored)
                return 0;
 
-       if (host->h_rpcclnt)
-               nodename = host->h_rpcclnt->cl_nodename;
-
        /*
         * Choose whether to record the caller_name or IP address of
         * this peer in the local rpc.statd's database.
         */
        nsm->sm_mon_name = nsm_use_hostnames ? nsm->sm_name : nsm->sm_addrbuf;
 
-       clnt = nsm_client_get(host->net, nodename);
-       if (IS_ERR(clnt)) {
-               status = PTR_ERR(clnt);
-               dprintk("lockd: failed to create NSM upcall transport, "
-                               "status=%d, net=%p\n", status, host->net);
-               return status;
-       }
-
-       status = nsm_mon_unmon(nsm, NSMPROC_MON, &res, clnt);
+       status = nsm_mon_unmon(nsm, NSMPROC_MON, &res, host);
        if (unlikely(res.status != 0))
                status = -EIO;
        if (unlikely(status < 0)) {
 
        if (atomic_read(&nsm->sm_count) == 1
         && nsm->sm_monitored && !nsm->sm_sticky) {
-               struct lockd_net *ln = net_generic(host->net, lockd_net_id);
-
                dprintk("lockd: nsm_unmonitor(%s)\n", nsm->sm_name);
 
-               status = nsm_mon_unmon(nsm, NSMPROC_UNMON, &res, ln->nsm_clnt);
+               status = nsm_mon_unmon(nsm, NSMPROC_UNMON, &res, host);
                if (res.status != 0)
                        status = -EIO;
                if (status < 0)
                                        nsm->sm_name);
                else
                        nsm->sm_monitored = 0;
-
-               nsm_client_put(host->net);
        }
 }