diff --git a/fs/nfs/callback.c b/fs/nfs/callback.c
index 5d5f9d10cfd0..64e87ec045aa 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/callback.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/callback.c
@@ -229,6 +229,9 @@ static int nfs_callback_start_svc(int minorversion, struct rpc_xprt *xprt,
 
 	nfs_callback_bc_serv(minorversion, xprt, serv);
 
+	if (cb_info->task)
+		return 0;
+
 	minorversion_setup =  nfs_minorversion_callback_svc_setup(minorversion,
 					serv, &rqstp, &callback_svc);
 	if (!minorversion_setup) {
@@ -292,6 +295,8 @@ static int nfs_callback_up_net(int minorversion, struct svc_serv *serv, struct n
 err_socks:
 	svc_rpcb_cleanup(serv, net);
 err_bind:
+	dprintk("NFS: Couldn't create callback socket: err = %d; "
+			"net = %p\n", ret, net);
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -340,7 +345,7 @@ int nfs_callback_up(u32 minorversion, struct rpc_xprt *xprt)
 {
 	struct svc_serv *serv;
 	struct nfs_callback_data *cb_info = &nfs_callback_info[minorversion];
-	int ret = 0;
+	int ret;
 	struct net *net = xprt->xprt_net;
 
 	mutex_lock(&nfs_callback_mutex);
@@ -351,11 +356,6 @@ int nfs_callback_up(u32 minorversion, struct rpc_xprt *xprt)
 		goto err_create;
 	}
 
-	if (cb_info->users++ || cb_info->task != NULL) {
-		nfs_callback_bc_serv(minorversion, xprt, serv);
-		goto out;
-	}
-
 	ret = nfs_callback_up_net(minorversion, serv, net);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		goto err_net;
@@ -364,13 +364,14 @@ int nfs_callback_up(u32 minorversion, struct rpc_xprt *xprt)
 	if (ret < 0)
 		goto err_start;
 
-out:
+	cb_info->users++;
 	/*
 	 * svc_create creates the svc_serv with sv_nrthreads == 1, and then
 	 * svc_prepare_thread increments that. So we need to call svc_destroy
 	 * on both success and failure so that the refcount is 1 when the
 	 * thread exits.
 	 */
+err_net:
 	svc_destroy(serv);
 err_create:
 	mutex_unlock(&nfs_callback_mutex);
@@ -378,11 +379,8 @@ int nfs_callback_up(u32 minorversion, struct rpc_xprt *xprt)
 
 err_start:
 	svc_shutdown_net(serv, net);
-err_net:
-	dprintk("NFS: Couldn't create callback socket or server thread; "
-		"err = %d\n", ret);
-	cb_info->users--;
-	goto out;
+	dprintk("NFS: Couldn't create server thread; err = %d\n", ret);
+	goto err_net;
 }
 
 /*