diff --git a/fs/nfs/dns_resolve.c b/fs/nfs/dns_resolve.c
index 89bd5581f317..963800037609 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/dns_resolve.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/dns_resolve.c
@@ -152,12 +152,13 @@ static int nfs_dns_upcall(struct cache_detail *cd,
 		struct cache_head *ch)
 {
 	struct nfs_dns_ent *key = container_of(ch, struct nfs_dns_ent, h);
-	int ret;
 
-	ret = nfs_cache_upcall(cd, key->hostname);
-	if (ret)
-		ret = sunrpc_cache_pipe_upcall(cd, ch);
-	return ret;
+	if (test_and_set_bit(CACHE_PENDING, &ch->flags))
+		return 0;
+	if (!nfs_cache_upcall(cd, key->hostname))
+		return 0;
+	clear_bit(CACHE_PENDING, &ch->flags);
+	return sunrpc_cache_pipe_upcall_timeout(cd, ch);
 }
 
 static int nfs_dns_match(struct cache_head *ca,
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/export.c b/fs/nfsd/export.c
index 6e6cbeb7ac2b..cb777fe82988 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/export.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/export.c
@@ -51,6 +51,11 @@ static void expkey_put(struct kref *ref)
 	kfree_rcu(key, ek_rcu);
 }
 
+static int expkey_upcall(struct cache_detail *cd, struct cache_head *h)
+{
+	return sunrpc_cache_pipe_upcall(cd, h);
+}
+
 static void expkey_request(struct cache_detail *cd,
 			   struct cache_head *h,
 			   char **bpp, int *blen)
@@ -254,6 +259,7 @@ static const struct cache_detail svc_expkey_cache_template = {
 	.hash_size	= EXPKEY_HASHMAX,
 	.name		= "nfsd.fh",
 	.cache_put	= expkey_put,
+	.cache_upcall	= expkey_upcall,
 	.cache_request	= expkey_request,
 	.cache_parse	= expkey_parse,
 	.cache_show	= expkey_show,
@@ -335,6 +341,11 @@ static void svc_export_put(struct kref *ref)
 	kfree_rcu(exp, ex_rcu);
 }
 
+static int svc_export_upcall(struct cache_detail *cd, struct cache_head *h)
+{
+	return sunrpc_cache_pipe_upcall(cd, h);
+}
+
 static void svc_export_request(struct cache_detail *cd,
 			       struct cache_head *h,
 			       char **bpp, int *blen)
@@ -774,6 +785,7 @@ static const struct cache_detail svc_export_cache_template = {
 	.hash_size	= EXPORT_HASHMAX,
 	.name		= "nfsd.export",
 	.cache_put	= svc_export_put,
+	.cache_upcall	= svc_export_upcall,
 	.cache_request	= svc_export_request,
 	.cache_parse	= svc_export_parse,
 	.cache_show	= svc_export_show,
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4idmap.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4idmap.c
index d1f285245af8..9460be8a8321 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4idmap.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4idmap.c
@@ -122,6 +122,12 @@ idtoname_hash(struct ent *ent)
 	return hash;
 }
 
+static int
+idtoname_upcall(struct cache_detail *cd, struct cache_head *h)
+{
+	return sunrpc_cache_pipe_upcall_timeout(cd, h);
+}
+
 static void
 idtoname_request(struct cache_detail *cd, struct cache_head *ch, char **bpp,
     int *blen)
@@ -184,6 +190,7 @@ static const struct cache_detail idtoname_cache_template = {
 	.hash_size	= ENT_HASHMAX,
 	.name		= "nfs4.idtoname",
 	.cache_put	= ent_put,
+	.cache_upcall	= idtoname_upcall,
 	.cache_request	= idtoname_request,
 	.cache_parse	= idtoname_parse,
 	.cache_show	= idtoname_show,
@@ -295,6 +302,12 @@ nametoid_hash(struct ent *ent)
 	return hash_str(ent->name, ENT_HASHBITS);
 }
 
+static int
+nametoid_upcall(struct cache_detail *cd, struct cache_head *h)
+{
+	return sunrpc_cache_pipe_upcall_timeout(cd, h);
+}
+
 static void
 nametoid_request(struct cache_detail *cd, struct cache_head *ch, char **bpp,
     int *blen)
@@ -347,6 +360,7 @@ static const struct cache_detail nametoid_cache_template = {
 	.hash_size	= ENT_HASHMAX,
 	.name		= "nfs4.nametoid",
 	.cache_put	= ent_put,
+	.cache_upcall	= nametoid_upcall,
 	.cache_request	= nametoid_request,
 	.cache_parse	= nametoid_parse,
 	.cache_show	= nametoid_show,
diff --git a/include/linux/sunrpc/cache.h b/include/linux/sunrpc/cache.h
index 0f64de7caa39..656882a50991 100644
--- a/include/linux/sunrpc/cache.h
+++ b/include/linux/sunrpc/cache.h
@@ -179,6 +179,9 @@ sunrpc_cache_update(struct cache_detail *detail,
 
 extern int
 sunrpc_cache_pipe_upcall(struct cache_detail *detail, struct cache_head *h);
+extern int
+sunrpc_cache_pipe_upcall_timeout(struct cache_detail *detail,
+				 struct cache_head *h);
 
 
 extern void cache_clean_deferred(void *owner);
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/svcauth_gss.c b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/svcauth_gss.c
index 65b67b257302..6d698bf1c16e 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/svcauth_gss.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/svcauth_gss.c
@@ -184,6 +184,11 @@ static struct cache_head *rsi_alloc(void)
 		return NULL;
 }
 
+static int rsi_upcall(struct cache_detail *cd, struct cache_head *h)
+{
+	return sunrpc_cache_pipe_upcall_timeout(cd, h);
+}
+
 static void rsi_request(struct cache_detail *cd,
 		       struct cache_head *h,
 		       char **bpp, int *blen)
@@ -282,6 +287,7 @@ static const struct cache_detail rsi_cache_template = {
 	.hash_size	= RSI_HASHMAX,
 	.name           = "auth.rpcsec.init",
 	.cache_put      = rsi_put,
+	.cache_upcall	= rsi_upcall,
 	.cache_request  = rsi_request,
 	.cache_parse    = rsi_parse,
 	.match		= rsi_match,
@@ -428,6 +434,11 @@ rsc_alloc(void)
 		return NULL;
 }
 
+static int rsc_upcall(struct cache_detail *cd, struct cache_head *h)
+{
+	return -EINVAL;
+}
+
 static int rsc_parse(struct cache_detail *cd,
 		     char *mesg, int mlen)
 {
@@ -554,6 +565,7 @@ static const struct cache_detail rsc_cache_template = {
 	.hash_size	= RSC_HASHMAX,
 	.name		= "auth.rpcsec.context",
 	.cache_put	= rsc_put,
+	.cache_upcall	= rsc_upcall,
 	.cache_parse	= rsc_parse,
 	.match		= rsc_match,
 	.init		= rsc_init,
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/cache.c b/net/sunrpc/cache.c
index bd843a81afa0..5e14513603cb 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/cache.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/cache.c
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@
 
 static bool cache_defer_req(struct cache_req *req, struct cache_head *item);
 static void cache_revisit_request(struct cache_head *item);
-static bool cache_listeners_exist(struct cache_detail *detail);
 
 static void cache_init(struct cache_head *h, struct cache_detail *detail)
 {
@@ -224,13 +223,6 @@ struct cache_head *sunrpc_cache_update(struct cache_detail *detail,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(sunrpc_cache_update);
 
-static int cache_make_upcall(struct cache_detail *cd, struct cache_head *h)
-{
-	if (cd->cache_upcall)
-		return cd->cache_upcall(cd, h);
-	return sunrpc_cache_pipe_upcall(cd, h);
-}
-
 static inline int cache_is_valid(struct cache_head *h)
 {
 	if (!test_bit(CACHE_VALID, &h->flags))
@@ -303,17 +295,14 @@ int cache_check(struct cache_detail *detail,
 		   (h->expiry_time != 0 && age > refresh_age/2)) {
 		dprintk("RPC:       Want update, refage=%lld, age=%lld\n",
 				refresh_age, age);
-		if (!test_and_set_bit(CACHE_PENDING, &h->flags)) {
-			switch (cache_make_upcall(detail, h)) {
-			case -EINVAL:
-				rv = try_to_negate_entry(detail, h);
-				break;
-			case -EAGAIN:
-				cache_fresh_unlocked(h, detail);
-				break;
-			}
-		} else if (!cache_listeners_exist(detail))
+		switch (detail->cache_upcall(detail, h)) {
+		case -EINVAL:
 			rv = try_to_negate_entry(detail, h);
+			break;
+		case -EAGAIN:
+			cache_fresh_unlocked(h, detail);
+			break;
+		}
 	}
 
 	if (rv == -EAGAIN) {
@@ -1195,20 +1184,12 @@ static bool cache_listeners_exist(struct cache_detail *detail)
  *
  * Each request is at most one page long.
  */
-int sunrpc_cache_pipe_upcall(struct cache_detail *detail, struct cache_head *h)
+static int cache_pipe_upcall(struct cache_detail *detail, struct cache_head *h)
 {
-
 	char *buf;
 	struct cache_request *crq;
 	int ret = 0;
 
-	if (!detail->cache_request)
-		return -EINVAL;
-
-	if (!cache_listeners_exist(detail)) {
-		warn_no_listener(detail);
-		return -EINVAL;
-	}
 	if (test_bit(CACHE_CLEANED, &h->flags))
 		/* Too late to make an upcall */
 		return -EAGAIN;
@@ -1242,8 +1223,26 @@ int sunrpc_cache_pipe_upcall(struct cache_detail *detail, struct cache_head *h)
 	}
 	return ret;
 }
+
+int sunrpc_cache_pipe_upcall(struct cache_detail *detail, struct cache_head *h)
+{
+	if (test_and_set_bit(CACHE_PENDING, &h->flags))
+		return 0;
+	return cache_pipe_upcall(detail, h);
+}
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(sunrpc_cache_pipe_upcall);
 
+int sunrpc_cache_pipe_upcall_timeout(struct cache_detail *detail,
+				     struct cache_head *h)
+{
+	if (!cache_listeners_exist(detail)) {
+		warn_no_listener(detail);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+	return sunrpc_cache_pipe_upcall(detail, h);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(sunrpc_cache_pipe_upcall_timeout);
+
 /*
  * parse a message from user-space and pass it
  * to an appropriate cache
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/svcauth_unix.c b/net/sunrpc/svcauth_unix.c
index 04aa80a2d752..6c8f802c4261 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/svcauth_unix.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/svcauth_unix.c
@@ -148,6 +148,11 @@ static struct cache_head *ip_map_alloc(void)
 		return NULL;
 }
 
+static int ip_map_upcall(struct cache_detail *cd, struct cache_head *h)
+{
+	return sunrpc_cache_pipe_upcall(cd, h);
+}
+
 static void ip_map_request(struct cache_detail *cd,
 				  struct cache_head *h,
 				  char **bpp, int *blen)
@@ -467,6 +472,11 @@ static struct cache_head *unix_gid_alloc(void)
 		return NULL;
 }
 
+static int unix_gid_upcall(struct cache_detail *cd, struct cache_head *h)
+{
+	return sunrpc_cache_pipe_upcall_timeout(cd, h);
+}
+
 static void unix_gid_request(struct cache_detail *cd,
 			     struct cache_head *h,
 			     char **bpp, int *blen)
@@ -584,6 +594,7 @@ static const struct cache_detail unix_gid_cache_template = {
 	.hash_size	= GID_HASHMAX,
 	.name		= "auth.unix.gid",
 	.cache_put	= unix_gid_put,
+	.cache_upcall	= unix_gid_upcall,
 	.cache_request	= unix_gid_request,
 	.cache_parse	= unix_gid_parse,
 	.cache_show	= unix_gid_show,
@@ -881,6 +892,7 @@ static const struct cache_detail ip_map_cache_template = {
 	.hash_size	= IP_HASHMAX,
 	.name		= "auth.unix.ip",
 	.cache_put	= ip_map_put,
+	.cache_upcall	= ip_map_upcall,
 	.cache_request	= ip_map_request,
 	.cache_parse	= ip_map_parse,
 	.cache_show	= ip_map_show,
