diff --git a/include/linux/sunrpc/xprt.h b/include/linux/sunrpc/xprt.h
index a5da60b24d83..eab1c749e192 100644
--- a/include/linux/sunrpc/xprt.h
+++ b/include/linux/sunrpc/xprt.h
@@ -137,6 +137,9 @@ struct rpc_xprt_ops {
 	void		(*release_request)(struct rpc_task *task);
 	void		(*close)(struct rpc_xprt *xprt);
 	void		(*destroy)(struct rpc_xprt *xprt);
+	void		(*set_connect_timeout)(struct rpc_xprt *xprt,
+					unsigned long connect_timeout,
+					unsigned long reconnect_timeout);
 	void		(*print_stats)(struct rpc_xprt *xprt, struct seq_file *seq);
 	int		(*enable_swap)(struct rpc_xprt *xprt);
 	void		(*disable_swap)(struct rpc_xprt *xprt);
@@ -221,6 +224,7 @@ struct rpc_xprt {
 	struct timer_list	timer;
 	unsigned long		last_used,
 				idle_timeout,
+				connect_timeout,
 				max_reconnect_timeout;
 
 	/*
diff --git a/include/linux/sunrpc/xprtsock.h b/include/linux/sunrpc/xprtsock.h
index bef3fb0abb8f..c9959d7e3579 100644
--- a/include/linux/sunrpc/xprtsock.h
+++ b/include/linux/sunrpc/xprtsock.h
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ struct sock_xprt {
 	size_t			rcvsize,
 				sndsize;
 
+	struct rpc_timeout	tcp_timeout;
+
 	/*
 	 * Saved socket callback addresses
 	 */
@@ -81,6 +83,7 @@ struct sock_xprt {
 
 #define XPRT_SOCK_CONNECTING	1U
 #define XPRT_SOCK_DATA_READY	(2)
+#define XPRT_SOCK_UPD_TIMEOUT	(3)
 
 #endif /* __KERNEL__ */
 
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/clnt.c b/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
index 2838a1fab460..b5bc0c589f6a 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
@@ -2684,6 +2684,7 @@ int rpc_clnt_add_xprt(struct rpc_clnt *clnt,
 {
 	struct rpc_xprt_switch *xps;
 	struct rpc_xprt *xprt;
+	unsigned long connect_timeout;
 	unsigned long reconnect_timeout;
 	unsigned char resvport;
 	int ret = 0;
@@ -2696,6 +2697,7 @@ int rpc_clnt_add_xprt(struct rpc_clnt *clnt,
 		return -EAGAIN;
 	}
 	resvport = xprt->resvport;
+	connect_timeout = xprt->connect_timeout;
 	reconnect_timeout = xprt->max_reconnect_timeout;
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 
@@ -2705,7 +2707,10 @@ int rpc_clnt_add_xprt(struct rpc_clnt *clnt,
 		goto out_put_switch;
 	}
 	xprt->resvport = resvport;
-	xprt->max_reconnect_timeout = reconnect_timeout;
+	if (xprt->ops->set_connect_timeout != NULL)
+		xprt->ops->set_connect_timeout(xprt,
+				connect_timeout,
+				reconnect_timeout);
 
 	rpc_xprt_switch_set_roundrobin(xps);
 	if (setup) {
@@ -2722,24 +2727,35 @@ out_put_switch:
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rpc_clnt_add_xprt);
 
+struct connect_timeout_data {
+	unsigned long connect_timeout;
+	unsigned long reconnect_timeout;
+};
+
 static int
-rpc_xprt_cap_max_reconnect_timeout(struct rpc_clnt *clnt,
+rpc_xprt_set_connect_timeout(struct rpc_clnt *clnt,
 		struct rpc_xprt *xprt,
 		void *data)
 {
-	unsigned long timeout = *((unsigned long *)data);
+	struct connect_timeout_data *timeo = data;
 
-	if (timeout < xprt->max_reconnect_timeout)
-		xprt->max_reconnect_timeout = timeout;
+	if (xprt->ops->set_connect_timeout)
+		xprt->ops->set_connect_timeout(xprt,
+				timeo->connect_timeout,
+				timeo->reconnect_timeout);
 	return 0;
 }
 
 void
 rpc_cap_max_reconnect_timeout(struct rpc_clnt *clnt, unsigned long timeo)
 {
+	struct connect_timeout_data timeout = {
+		.connect_timeout = timeo,
+		.reconnect_timeout = timeo,
+	};
 	rpc_clnt_iterate_for_each_xprt(clnt,
-			rpc_xprt_cap_max_reconnect_timeout,
-			&timeo);
+			rpc_xprt_set_connect_timeout,
+			&timeout);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rpc_cap_max_reconnect_timeout);
 
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c b/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
index c8ac649a51cb..810e9b59be16 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@
 #include "sunrpc.h"
 
 static void xs_close(struct rpc_xprt *xprt);
+static void xs_tcp_set_socket_timeouts(struct rpc_xprt *xprt,
+		struct socket *sock);
 
 /*
  * xprtsock tunables
@@ -666,6 +668,9 @@ static int xs_tcp_send_request(struct rpc_task *task)
 	if (task->tk_flags & RPC_TASK_SENT)
 		zerocopy = false;
 
+	if (test_bit(XPRT_SOCK_UPD_TIMEOUT, &transport->sock_state))
+		xs_tcp_set_socket_timeouts(xprt, transport->sock);
+
 	/* Continue transmitting the packet/record. We must be careful
 	 * to cope with writespace callbacks arriving _after_ we have
 	 * called sendmsg(). */
@@ -2238,11 +2243,20 @@ static void xs_tcp_shutdown(struct rpc_xprt *xprt)
 static void xs_tcp_set_socket_timeouts(struct rpc_xprt *xprt,
 		struct socket *sock)
 {
-	unsigned int keepidle = DIV_ROUND_UP(xprt->timeout->to_initval, HZ);
-	unsigned int keepcnt = xprt->timeout->to_retries + 1;
+	struct sock_xprt *transport = container_of(xprt, struct sock_xprt, xprt);
+	unsigned int keepidle;
+	unsigned int keepcnt;
 	unsigned int opt_on = 1;
 	unsigned int timeo;
 
+	spin_lock_bh(&xprt->transport_lock);
+	keepidle = DIV_ROUND_UP(xprt->timeout->to_initval, HZ);
+	keepcnt = xprt->timeout->to_retries + 1;
+	timeo = jiffies_to_msecs(xprt->timeout->to_initval) *
+		(xprt->timeout->to_retries + 1);
+	clear_bit(XPRT_SOCK_UPD_TIMEOUT, &transport->sock_state);
+	spin_unlock_bh(&xprt->transport_lock);
+
 	/* TCP Keepalive options */
 	kernel_setsockopt(sock, SOL_SOCKET, SO_KEEPALIVE,
 			(char *)&opt_on, sizeof(opt_on));
@@ -2254,12 +2268,38 @@ static void xs_tcp_set_socket_timeouts(struct rpc_xprt *xprt,
 			(char *)&keepcnt, sizeof(keepcnt));
 
 	/* TCP user timeout (see RFC5482) */
-	timeo = jiffies_to_msecs(xprt->timeout->to_initval) *
-		(xprt->timeout->to_retries + 1);
 	kernel_setsockopt(sock, SOL_TCP, TCP_USER_TIMEOUT,
 			(char *)&timeo, sizeof(timeo));
 }
 
+static void xs_tcp_set_connect_timeout(struct rpc_xprt *xprt,
+		unsigned long connect_timeout,
+		unsigned long reconnect_timeout)
+{
+	struct sock_xprt *transport = container_of(xprt, struct sock_xprt, xprt);
+	struct rpc_timeout to;
+	unsigned long initval;
+
+	spin_lock_bh(&xprt->transport_lock);
+	if (reconnect_timeout < xprt->max_reconnect_timeout)
+		xprt->max_reconnect_timeout = reconnect_timeout;
+	if (connect_timeout < xprt->connect_timeout) {
+		memcpy(&to, xprt->timeout, sizeof(to));
+		initval = DIV_ROUND_UP(connect_timeout, to.to_retries + 1);
+		/* Arbitrary lower limit */
+		if (initval <  XS_TCP_INIT_REEST_TO << 1)
+			initval = XS_TCP_INIT_REEST_TO << 1;
+		to.to_initval = initval;
+		to.to_maxval = initval;
+		memcpy(&transport->tcp_timeout, &to,
+				sizeof(transport->tcp_timeout));
+		xprt->timeout = &transport->tcp_timeout;
+		xprt->connect_timeout = connect_timeout;
+	}
+	set_bit(XPRT_SOCK_UPD_TIMEOUT, &transport->sock_state);
+	spin_unlock_bh(&xprt->transport_lock);
+}
+
 static int xs_tcp_finish_connecting(struct rpc_xprt *xprt, struct socket *sock)
 {
 	struct sock_xprt *transport = container_of(xprt, struct sock_xprt, xprt);
@@ -2728,6 +2768,7 @@ static struct rpc_xprt_ops xs_tcp_ops = {
 	.set_retrans_timeout	= xprt_set_retrans_timeout_def,
 	.close			= xs_tcp_shutdown,
 	.destroy		= xs_destroy,
+	.set_connect_timeout	= xs_tcp_set_connect_timeout,
 	.print_stats		= xs_tcp_print_stats,
 	.enable_swap		= xs_enable_swap,
 	.disable_swap		= xs_disable_swap,
@@ -3014,6 +3055,8 @@ static struct rpc_xprt *xs_setup_tcp(struct xprt_create *args)
 	xprt->timeout = &xs_tcp_default_timeout;
 
 	xprt->max_reconnect_timeout = xprt->timeout->to_maxval;
+	xprt->connect_timeout = xprt->timeout->to_initval *
+		(xprt->timeout->to_retries + 1);
 
 	INIT_WORK(&transport->recv_worker, xs_tcp_data_receive_workfn);
 	INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&transport->connect_worker, xs_tcp_setup_socket);