status = rpc_call_sync(clp->cl_rpcclient, &msg, 0);
                if (status != -NFS4ERR_CLID_INUSE)
                        break;
-               if (signalled())
+               if (loop != 0) {
+                       ++clp->cl_id_uniquifier;
                        break;
-               if (loop++ & 1)
-                       ssleep(clp->cl_lease_time / HZ + 1);
-               else
-                       if (++clp->cl_id_uniquifier == 0)
-                               break;
+               }
+               ++loop;
+               ssleep(clp->cl_lease_time / HZ + 1);
        }
        return status;
 }
 
-static int _nfs4_proc_setclientid_confirm(struct nfs_client *clp,
+int nfs4_proc_setclientid_confirm(struct nfs_client *clp,
                struct nfs4_setclientid_res *arg,
                struct rpc_cred *cred)
 {
        return status;
 }
 
-int nfs4_proc_setclientid_confirm(struct nfs_client *clp,
-               struct nfs4_setclientid_res *arg,
-               struct rpc_cred *cred)
-{
-       long timeout = 0;
-       int err;
-       do {
-               err = _nfs4_proc_setclientid_confirm(clp, arg, cred);
-               switch (err) {
-                       case 0:
-                               return err;
-                       case -NFS4ERR_RESOURCE:
-                               /* The IBM lawyers misread another document! */
-                       case -NFS4ERR_DELAY:
-                               err = nfs4_delay(clp->cl_rpcclient, &timeout);
-               }
-       } while (err == 0);
-       return err;
-}
-
 struct nfs4_delegreturndata {
        struct nfs4_delegreturnargs args;
        struct nfs4_delegreturnres res;
        int status;
        unsigned *ptr;
        struct nfs4_session *session = clp->cl_session;
-       long timeout = 0;
-       int err;
 
        dprintk("--> %s clp=%p session=%p\n", __func__, clp, session);
 
-       do {
-               status = _nfs4_proc_create_session(clp);
-               if (status == -NFS4ERR_DELAY) {
-                       err = nfs4_delay(clp->cl_rpcclient, &timeout);
-                       if (err)
-                               status = err;
-               }
-       } while (status == -NFS4ERR_DELAY);
-
+       status = _nfs4_proc_create_session(clp);
        if (status)
                goto out;
 
 
 
 int nfs4_init_clientid(struct nfs_client *clp, struct rpc_cred *cred)
 {
-       struct nfs4_setclientid_res clid;
+       struct nfs4_setclientid_res clid = {
+               .clientid = clp->cl_clientid,
+               .confirm = clp->cl_confirm,
+       };
        unsigned short port;
        int status;
 
+       if (test_bit(NFS4CLNT_LEASE_CONFIRM, &clp->cl_state))
+               goto do_confirm;
        port = nfs_callback_tcpport;
        if (clp->cl_addr.ss_family == AF_INET6)
                port = nfs_callback_tcpport6;
        status = nfs4_proc_setclientid(clp, NFS4_CALLBACK, port, cred, &clid);
        if (status != 0)
                goto out;
+       clp->cl_clientid = clid.clientid;
+       clp->cl_confirm = clid.confirm;
+       set_bit(NFS4CLNT_LEASE_CONFIRM, &clp->cl_state);
+do_confirm:
        status = nfs4_proc_setclientid_confirm(clp, &clid, cred);
        if (status != 0)
                goto out;
-       clp->cl_clientid = clid.clientid;
+       clear_bit(NFS4CLNT_LEASE_CONFIRM, &clp->cl_state);
        nfs4_schedule_state_renewal(clp);
 out:
        return status;
 {
        int status;
 
+       if (test_bit(NFS4CLNT_LEASE_CONFIRM, &clp->cl_state))
+               goto do_confirm;
        nfs4_begin_drain_session(clp);
        status = nfs4_proc_exchange_id(clp, cred);
        if (status != 0)
                goto out;
+       set_bit(NFS4CLNT_LEASE_CONFIRM, &clp->cl_state);
+do_confirm:
        status = nfs4_proc_create_session(clp);
        if (status != 0)
                goto out;
+       clear_bit(NFS4CLNT_LEASE_CONFIRM, &clp->cl_state);
        nfs41_setup_state_renewal(clp);
        nfs_mark_client_ready(clp, NFS_CS_READY);
 out:
  */
 static void nfs4_set_lease_expired(struct nfs_client *clp, int status)
 {
-       if (nfs4_has_session(clp)) {
-               switch (status) {
-               case -NFS4ERR_DELAY:
-               case -NFS4ERR_CLID_INUSE:
-               case -EAGAIN:
-                       break;
+       switch (status) {
+       case -NFS4ERR_CLID_INUSE:
+       case -NFS4ERR_STALE_CLIENTID:
+               clear_bit(NFS4CLNT_LEASE_CONFIRM, &clp->cl_state);
+               break;
+       case -NFS4ERR_DELAY:
+       case -EAGAIN:
+               ssleep(1);
+               break;
 
-               case -EKEYEXPIRED:
-                       nfs4_warn_keyexpired(clp->cl_hostname);
-               case -NFS4ERR_NOT_SAME: /* FixMe: implement recovery
-                                        * in nfs4_exchange_id */
-               default:
-                       return;
-               }
+       case -EKEYEXPIRED:
+               nfs4_warn_keyexpired(clp->cl_hostname);
+       case -NFS4ERR_NOT_SAME: /* FixMe: implement recovery
+                                * in nfs4_exchange_id */
+       default:
+               return;
        }
        set_bit(NFS4CLNT_LEASE_EXPIRED, &clp->cl_state);
 }