diff --git a/fs/nfs/client.c b/fs/nfs/client.c
index e95672a9bcd6..745c661429f2 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/client.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/client.c
@@ -628,6 +628,7 @@ int nfs_init_server_rpcclient(struct nfs_server *server,
 	if (server->flags & NFS_MOUNT_SOFT)
 		server->client->cl_softrtry = 1;
 
+	nfs_sysfs_link_rpc_client(server, server->client, NULL);
 	return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nfs_init_server_rpcclient);
@@ -699,6 +700,7 @@ static int nfs_init_server(struct nfs_server *server,
 
 	server->nfs_client = clp;
 	nfs_sysfs_add_server(server);
+	nfs_sysfs_link_rpc_client(server, clp->cl_rpcclient, "_state");
 
 	/* Initialise the client representation from the mount data */
 	server->flags = ctx->flags;
@@ -1125,6 +1127,9 @@ struct nfs_server *nfs_clone_server(struct nfs_server *source,
 
 	nfs_sysfs_add_server(server);
 
+	nfs_sysfs_link_rpc_client(server,
+		server->nfs_client->cl_rpcclient, "_state");
+
 	error = nfs_init_server_rpcclient(server,
 			source->client->cl_timeout,
 			flavor);
diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4client.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4client.c
index a098a41811d6..d9114a754db7 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4client.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4client.c
@@ -954,6 +954,7 @@ static int nfs4_set_client(struct nfs_server *server,
 
 	server->nfs_client = clp;
 	nfs_sysfs_add_server(server);
+	nfs_sysfs_link_rpc_client(server, clp->cl_rpcclient, "_state");
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/fs/nfs/sysfs.c b/fs/nfs/sysfs.c
index 0ff24f133a02..7009de149158 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/sysfs.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/sysfs.c
@@ -216,6 +216,26 @@ void nfs_netns_sysfs_destroy(struct nfs_net *netns)
 	}
 }
 
+#define RPC_CLIENT_NAME_SIZE 64
+
+void nfs_sysfs_link_rpc_client(struct nfs_server *server,
+			struct rpc_clnt *clnt, const char *uniq)
+{
+	char name[RPC_CLIENT_NAME_SIZE];
+	int ret;
+
+	strcpy(name, clnt->cl_program->name);
+	strcat(name, uniq ? uniq : "");
+	strcat(name, "_client");
+
+	ret = sysfs_create_link_nowarn(&server->kobj,
+						&clnt->cl_sysfs->kobject, name);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		pr_warn("NFS: can't create link to %s in sysfs (%d)\n",
+			name, ret);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nfs_sysfs_link_rpc_client);
+
 static void nfs_sysfs_sb_release(struct kobject *kobj)
 {
 	/* no-op: why? see lib/kobject.c kobject_cleanup() */
diff --git a/fs/nfs/sysfs.h b/fs/nfs/sysfs.h
index c9f5e3677eb5..c5d1990cade5 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/sysfs.h
+++ b/fs/nfs/sysfs.h
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ extern void nfs_sysfs_exit(void);
 void nfs_netns_sysfs_setup(struct nfs_net *netns, struct net *net);
 void nfs_netns_sysfs_destroy(struct nfs_net *netns);
 
+void nfs_sysfs_link_rpc_client(struct nfs_server *server,
+			struct rpc_clnt *clnt, const char *sysfs_prefix);
 void nfs_sysfs_add_server(struct nfs_server *s);
 void nfs_sysfs_move_server_to_sb(struct super_block *s);
 void nfs_sysfs_move_sb_to_server(struct nfs_server *s);
diff --git a/include/linux/sunrpc/clnt.h b/include/linux/sunrpc/clnt.h
index 063692cd2a60..88cdf6e3012a 100644
--- a/include/linux/sunrpc/clnt.h
+++ b/include/linux/sunrpc/clnt.h
@@ -30,7 +30,13 @@
 #include <linux/sunrpc/xprtmultipath.h>
 
 struct rpc_inode;
-struct rpc_sysfs_client;
+struct rpc_sysfs_client {
+	struct kobject kobject;
+	struct net *net;
+	struct rpc_clnt *clnt;
+	struct rpc_xprt_switch *xprt_switch;
+};
+
 
 /*
  * The high-level client handle
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/sysfs.h b/net/sunrpc/sysfs.h
index 6620cebd1037..d2dd77a0a0e9 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/sysfs.h
+++ b/net/sunrpc/sysfs.h
@@ -5,13 +5,6 @@
 #ifndef __SUNRPC_SYSFS_H
 #define __SUNRPC_SYSFS_H
 
-struct rpc_sysfs_client {
-	struct kobject kobject;
-	struct net *net;
-	struct rpc_clnt *clnt;
-	struct rpc_xprt_switch *xprt_switch;
-};
-
 struct rpc_sysfs_xprt_switch {
 	struct kobject kobject;
 	struct net *net;