dprintk("RPC: %4d remote rpcbind: RPC program/version unavailable\n",
                                task->tk_pid);
                rpc_delay(task, 3*HZ);
-               goto retry_bind;
+               goto retry_timeout;
        case -ETIMEDOUT:
                dprintk("RPC: %4d rpcbind request timed out\n",
                                task->tk_pid);
-               if (RPC_IS_SOFT(task)) {
-                       status = -EIO;
-                       break;
-               }
-               goto retry_bind;
+               goto retry_timeout;
        case -EPFNOSUPPORT:
                dprintk("RPC: %4d remote rpcbind service unavailable\n",
                                task->tk_pid);
                dprintk("RPC: %4d unrecognized rpcbind error (%d)\n",
                                task->tk_pid, -task->tk_status);
                status = -EIO;
-               break;
        }
 
        rpc_exit(task, status);
        return;
 
-retry_bind:
-       task->tk_status = 0;
-       task->tk_action = call_bind;
-       return;
+retry_timeout:
+       task->tk_action = call_timeout;
 }
 
 /*
 
        switch (status) {
        case -ENOTCONN:
-       case -ETIMEDOUT:
        case -EAGAIN:
                task->tk_action = call_bind;
-               break;
-       default:
-               rpc_exit(task, -EIO);
-               break;
+               if (!RPC_IS_SOFT(task))
+                       return;
+               /* if soft mounted, test if we've timed out */
+       case -ETIMEDOUT:
+               task->tk_action = call_timeout;
+               return;
        }
+       rpc_exit(task, -EIO);
 }
 
 /*
                printk("%s: RPC call returned error %d\n",
                               clnt->cl_protname, -status);
                rpc_exit(task, status);
-               break;
        }
 }
 
                        clnt->cl_stats->rpcretrans++;
                        goto out_retry;
                }
-               printk(KERN_WARNING "%s: too small RPC reply size (%d bytes)\n",
+               dprintk("%s: too small RPC reply size (%d bytes)\n",
                        clnt->cl_protname, task->tk_status);
-               rpc_exit(task, -EIO);
-               return;
+               task->tk_action = call_timeout;
+               goto out_retry;
        }
 
        /*
 
                                task->tk_pid, -task->tk_status, task->tk_client->cl_server);
                xprt_release_write(xprt, task);
                task->tk_status = -EIO;
-               return;
-       }
-
-       /* if soft mounted, just cause this RPC to fail */
-       if (RPC_IS_SOFT(task)) {
-               xprt_release_write(xprt, task);
-               task->tk_status = -EIO;
        }
 }
 
        req->rq_bufsize = 0;
        req->rq_xid     = xprt_alloc_xid(xprt);
        req->rq_release_snd_buf = NULL;
+       xprt_reset_majortimeo(req);
        dprintk("RPC: %4d reserved req %p xid %08x\n", task->tk_pid,
                        req, ntohl(req->rq_xid));
 }