diff --git a/fs/nfs/client.c b/fs/nfs/client.c
index 486dec59972b..23e165d5ec9c 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/client.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/client.c
@@ -541,6 +541,7 @@ int nfs_create_rpc_client(struct nfs_client *clp,
 
 	clnt->cl_principal = clp->cl_principal;
 	clp->cl_rpcclient = clnt;
+	clnt->cl_max_connect = clp->cl_max_connect;
 	return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nfs_create_rpc_client);
diff --git a/include/linux/sunrpc/clnt.h b/include/linux/sunrpc/clnt.h
index b2edd5fc2f0c..a4661646adc9 100644
--- a/include/linux/sunrpc/clnt.h
+++ b/include/linux/sunrpc/clnt.h
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ struct rpc_clnt {
 		struct work_struct	cl_work;
 	};
 	const struct cred	*cl_cred;
+	unsigned int		cl_max_connect; /* max number of transports not to the same IP */
 };
 
 /*
@@ -136,6 +137,7 @@ struct rpc_create_args {
 	char			*client_name;
 	struct svc_xprt		*bc_xprt;	/* NFSv4.1 backchannel */
 	const struct cred	*cred;
+	unsigned int		max_connect;
 };
 
 struct rpc_add_xprt_test {
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/clnt.c b/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
index 451ac7d031db..f056ff931444 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
@@ -2787,6 +2787,15 @@ int rpc_clnt_test_and_add_xprt(struct rpc_clnt *clnt,
 	struct rpc_cb_add_xprt_calldata *data;
 	struct rpc_task *task;
 
+	if (xps->xps_nunique_destaddr_xprts + 1 > clnt->cl_max_connect) {
+		rcu_read_lock();
+		pr_warn("SUNRPC: reached max allowed number (%d) did not add "
+			"transport to server: %s\n", clnt->cl_max_connect,
+			rpc_peeraddr2str(clnt, RPC_DISPLAY_ADDR));
+		rcu_read_unlock();
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
 	data = kmalloc(sizeof(*data), GFP_NOFS);
 	if (!data)
 		return -ENOMEM;