if (!nfsd41_cb_get_slot(clp, task))
                        return;
        }
-       spin_lock(&clp->cl_lock);
-       if (list_empty(&cb->cb_per_client)) {
-               /* This is the first call, not a restart */
-               cb->cb_done = false;
-               list_add(&cb->cb_per_client, &clp->cl_callbacks);
-       }
-       spin_unlock(&clp->cl_lock);
        rpc_call_start(task);
 }
 
                        clp->cl_cb_session->se_cb_seq_nr);
        }
 
-       if (clp->cl_cb_client != task->tk_client) {
-               /* We're shutting down or changing cl_cb_client; leave
-                * it to nfsd4_process_cb_update to restart the call if
-                * necessary. */
+       /*
+        * If the backchannel connection was shut down while this
+        * task was queued, we need to resubmit it after setting up
+        * a new backchannel connection.
+        *
+        * Note that if we lost our callback connection permanently
+        * the submission code will error out, so we don't need to
+        * handle that case here.
+        */
+       if (task->tk_flags & RPC_TASK_KILLED) {
+               task->tk_status = 0;
+               cb->cb_need_restart = true;
                return;
        }
 
-       if (cb->cb_done)
-               return;
-
        if (cb->cb_status) {
                WARN_ON_ONCE(task->tk_status);
                task->tk_status = cb->cb_status;
        default:
                BUG();
        }
-       cb->cb_done = true;
 }
 
 static void nfsd4_cb_release(void *calldata)
 {
        struct nfsd4_callback *cb = calldata;
-       struct nfs4_client *clp = cb->cb_clp;
-
-       if (cb->cb_done) {
-               spin_lock(&clp->cl_lock);
-               list_del(&cb->cb_per_client);
-               spin_unlock(&clp->cl_lock);
 
+       if (cb->cb_need_restart)
+               nfsd4_run_cb(cb);
+       else
                cb->cb_ops->release(cb);
-       }
+
 }
 
 static const struct rpc_call_ops nfsd4_cb_ops = {
                nfsd4_mark_cb_down(clp, err);
                return;
        }
-       /* Yay, the callback channel's back! Restart any callbacks: */
-       list_for_each_entry(cb, &clp->cl_callbacks, cb_per_client)
-               queue_work(callback_wq, &cb->cb_work);
 }
 
 static void
        struct nfs4_client *clp = cb->cb_clp;
        struct rpc_clnt *clnt;
 
-       if (cb->cb_ops && cb->cb_ops->prepare)
-               cb->cb_ops->prepare(cb);
+       if (cb->cb_need_restart) {
+               cb->cb_need_restart = false;
+       } else {
+               if (cb->cb_ops && cb->cb_ops->prepare)
+                       cb->cb_ops->prepare(cb);
+       }
 
        if (clp->cl_flags & NFSD4_CLIENT_CB_FLAG_MASK)
                nfsd4_process_cb_update(cb);
        cb->cb_msg.rpc_resp = cb;
        cb->cb_ops = ops;
        INIT_WORK(&cb->cb_work, nfsd4_run_cb_work);
-       INIT_LIST_HEAD(&cb->cb_per_client);
        cb->cb_status = 0;
-       cb->cb_done = true;
+       cb->cb_need_restart = false;
 }
 
 void nfsd4_run_cb(struct nfsd4_callback *cb)
 
 
 struct nfsd4_callback {
        struct nfs4_client *cb_clp;
-       struct list_head cb_per_client;
        u32 cb_minorversion;
        struct rpc_message cb_msg;
        struct nfsd4_callback_ops *cb_ops;
        struct work_struct cb_work;
        int cb_status;
-       bool cb_done;
+       bool cb_need_restart;
 };
 
 struct nfsd4_callback_ops {
        int                     cl_cb_state;
        struct nfsd4_callback   cl_cb_null;
        struct nfsd4_session    *cl_cb_session;
-       struct list_head        cl_callbacks; /* list of in-progress callbacks */
 
        /* for all client information that callback code might need: */
        spinlock_t              cl_lock;