dprintk("RPC:       creating %s client for %s (xprt %p)\n",
                        program->name, servname, xprt);
 
+       err = rpciod_up();
+       if (err)
+               goto out_no_rpciod;
        err = -EINVAL;
        if (!xprt)
                goto out_no_xprt;
 out_err:
        xprt_put(xprt);
 out_no_xprt:
+       rpciod_down();
+out_no_rpciod:
        return ERR_PTR(err);
 }
 
        xprt_get(clnt->cl_xprt);
        kref_get(&clnt->cl_kref);
        rpc_register_client(new);
+       rpciod_up();
        return new;
 out_no_path:
        rpc_free_iostats(new->cl_metrics);
        rpc_free_iostats(clnt->cl_metrics);
        clnt->cl_metrics = NULL;
        xprt_put(clnt->cl_xprt);
+       rpciod_down();
        kfree(clnt);
 }
 
 
 static mempool_t       *rpc_buffer_mempool __read_mostly;
 
 static void                    __rpc_default_timer(struct rpc_task *task);
-static void                    rpciod_killall(void);
 static void                    rpc_async_schedule(struct work_struct *);
 static void                     rpc_release_task(struct rpc_task *task);
 
  * All RPC clients are linked into this list
  */
 static LIST_HEAD(all_clients);
-static DECLARE_WAIT_QUEUE_HEAD(client_kill_wait);
 
 /*
  * rpciod-related stuff
        spin_unlock(&clnt->cl_lock);
 }
 
-static void rpciod_killall(void)
-{
-       struct rpc_clnt *clnt;
-       unsigned long flags;
-
-       for(;;) {
-               clear_thread_flag(TIF_SIGPENDING);
-
-               spin_lock(&rpc_sched_lock);
-               list_for_each_entry(clnt, &all_clients, cl_clients)
-                       rpc_killall_tasks(clnt);
-               spin_unlock(&rpc_sched_lock);
-               flush_workqueue(rpciod_workqueue);
-               if (!list_empty(&all_clients))
-                       break;
-               dprintk("RPC:       rpciod_killall: waiting for tasks "
-                                       "to exit\n");
-               wait_event_timeout(client_kill_wait,
-                               list_empty(&all_clients), 1*HZ);
-       }
-
-       spin_lock_irqsave(¤t->sighand->siglock, flags);
-       recalc_sigpending();
-       spin_unlock_irqrestore(¤t->sighand->siglock, flags);
-}
-
 void rpc_register_client(struct rpc_clnt *clnt)
 {
        spin_lock(&rpc_sched_lock);
 {
        spin_lock(&rpc_sched_lock);
        list_del(&clnt->cl_clients);
-       if (list_empty(&all_clients))
-               wake_up(&client_kill_wait);
        spin_unlock(&rpc_sched_lock);
 }
 
        dprintk("RPC:       destroying workqueue rpciod\n");
 
        if (atomic_read(&rpciod_users) == 0 && rpciod_workqueue != NULL) {
-               rpciod_killall();
                destroy_workqueue(rpciod_workqueue);
                rpciod_workqueue = NULL;
        }