{
        struct sock_xprt *transport;
        struct rpc_xprt *xprt;
-       int err;
 
        read_lock_bh(&sk->sk_callback_lock);
        if (!(xprt = xprt_from_sock(sk)))
                goto out;
 
        transport = container_of(xprt, struct sock_xprt, xprt);
-       err = -sk->sk_err;
-       if (err == 0)
+       transport->xprt_err = -sk->sk_err;
+       if (transport->xprt_err == 0)
                goto out;
        dprintk("RPC:       xs_error_report client %p, error=%d...\n",
-                       xprt, -err);
-       trace_rpc_socket_error(xprt, sk->sk_socket, err);
+                       xprt, -transport->xprt_err);
+       trace_rpc_socket_error(xprt, sk->sk_socket, transport->xprt_err);
+
+       /* barrier ensures xprt_err is set before XPRT_SOCK_WAKE_ERROR */
+       smp_mb__before_atomic();
        xs_run_error_worker(transport, XPRT_SOCK_WAKE_ERROR);
  out:
        read_unlock_bh(&sk->sk_callback_lock);
 static void xs_wake_error(struct sock_xprt *transport)
 {
        int sockerr;
-       int sockerr_len = sizeof(sockerr);
 
        if (!test_bit(XPRT_SOCK_WAKE_ERROR, &transport->sock_state))
                return;
                goto out;
        if (!test_and_clear_bit(XPRT_SOCK_WAKE_ERROR, &transport->sock_state))
                goto out;
-       if (kernel_getsockopt(transport->sock, SOL_SOCKET, SO_ERROR,
-                               (char *)&sockerr, &sockerr_len) != 0)
-               goto out;
+       sockerr = xchg(&transport->xprt_err, 0);
        if (sockerr < 0)
                xprt_wake_pending_tasks(&transport->xprt, sockerr);
 out: