diff --git a/fs/nfs/client.c b/fs/nfs/client.c
index 330f65727c45..486dec59972b 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/client.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/client.c
@@ -179,6 +179,7 @@ struct nfs_client *nfs_alloc_client(const struct nfs_client_initdata *cl_init)
 
 	clp->cl_proto = cl_init->proto;
 	clp->cl_nconnect = cl_init->nconnect;
+	clp->cl_max_connect = cl_init->max_connect ? cl_init->max_connect : 1;
 	clp->cl_net = get_net(cl_init->net);
 
 	clp->cl_principal = "*";
diff --git a/fs/nfs/fs_context.c b/fs/nfs/fs_context.c
index d95c9a39bc70..0d444a90f513 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/fs_context.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/fs_context.c
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ enum nfs_param {
 	Opt_mountvers,
 	Opt_namelen,
 	Opt_nconnect,
+	Opt_max_connect,
 	Opt_port,
 	Opt_posix,
 	Opt_proto,
@@ -158,6 +159,7 @@ static const struct fs_parameter_spec nfs_fs_parameters[] = {
 	fsparam_u32   ("mountvers",	Opt_mountvers),
 	fsparam_u32   ("namlen",	Opt_namelen),
 	fsparam_u32   ("nconnect",	Opt_nconnect),
+	fsparam_u32   ("max_connect",	Opt_max_connect),
 	fsparam_string("nfsvers",	Opt_vers),
 	fsparam_u32   ("port",		Opt_port),
 	fsparam_flag_no("posix",	Opt_posix),
@@ -770,6 +772,11 @@ static int nfs_fs_context_parse_param(struct fs_context *fc,
 			goto out_of_bounds;
 		ctx->nfs_server.nconnect = result.uint_32;
 		break;
+	case Opt_max_connect:
+		if (result.uint_32 < 1 || result.uint_32 > NFS_MAX_TRANSPORTS)
+			goto out_of_bounds;
+		ctx->nfs_server.max_connect = result.uint_32;
+		break;
 	case Opt_lookupcache:
 		switch (result.uint_32) {
 		case Opt_lookupcache_all:
diff --git a/fs/nfs/internal.h b/fs/nfs/internal.h
index a36af04188c2..66fc936834f2 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/internal.h
+++ b/fs/nfs/internal.h
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ struct nfs_client_initdata {
 	int proto;
 	u32 minorversion;
 	unsigned int nconnect;
+	unsigned int max_connect;
 	struct net *net;
 	const struct rpc_timeout *timeparms;
 	const struct cred *cred;
@@ -121,6 +122,7 @@ struct nfs_fs_context {
 		int			port;
 		unsigned short		protocol;
 		unsigned short		nconnect;
+		unsigned short		max_connect;
 		unsigned short		export_path_len;
 	} nfs_server;
 
diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4client.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4client.c
index 28431acd1230..270caa1805a2 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4client.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4client.c
@@ -865,6 +865,7 @@ static int nfs4_set_client(struct nfs_server *server,
 		const char *ip_addr,
 		int proto, const struct rpc_timeout *timeparms,
 		u32 minorversion, unsigned int nconnect,
+		unsigned int max_connect,
 		struct net *net)
 {
 	struct nfs_client_initdata cl_init = {
@@ -883,6 +884,8 @@ static int nfs4_set_client(struct nfs_server *server,
 
 	if (minorversion == 0)
 		__set_bit(NFS_CS_REUSEPORT, &cl_init.init_flags);
+	else
+		cl_init.max_connect = max_connect;
 	if (proto == XPRT_TRANSPORT_TCP)
 		cl_init.nconnect = nconnect;
 
@@ -952,8 +955,10 @@ struct nfs_client *nfs4_set_ds_client(struct nfs_server *mds_srv,
 		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
 	cl_init.hostname = buf;
 
-	if (mds_clp->cl_nconnect > 1 && ds_proto == XPRT_TRANSPORT_TCP)
+	if (mds_clp->cl_nconnect > 1 && ds_proto == XPRT_TRANSPORT_TCP) {
 		cl_init.nconnect = mds_clp->cl_nconnect;
+		cl_init.max_connect = NFS_MAX_TRANSPORTS;
+	}
 
 	if (mds_srv->flags & NFS_MOUNT_NORESVPORT)
 		__set_bit(NFS_CS_NORESVPORT, &cl_init.init_flags);
@@ -1122,6 +1127,7 @@ static int nfs4_init_server(struct nfs_server *server, struct fs_context *fc)
 				&timeparms,
 				ctx->minorversion,
 				ctx->nfs_server.nconnect,
+				ctx->nfs_server.max_connect,
 				fc->net_ns);
 	if (error < 0)
 		return error;
@@ -1211,6 +1217,7 @@ struct nfs_server *nfs4_create_referral_server(struct fs_context *fc)
 				parent_server->client->cl_timeout,
 				parent_client->cl_mvops->minor_version,
 				parent_client->cl_nconnect,
+				parent_client->cl_max_connect,
 				parent_client->cl_net);
 	if (!error)
 		goto init_server;
@@ -1226,6 +1233,7 @@ struct nfs_server *nfs4_create_referral_server(struct fs_context *fc)
 				parent_server->client->cl_timeout,
 				parent_client->cl_mvops->minor_version,
 				parent_client->cl_nconnect,
+				parent_client->cl_max_connect,
 				parent_client->cl_net);
 	if (error < 0)
 		goto error;
@@ -1323,7 +1331,7 @@ int nfs4_update_server(struct nfs_server *server, const char *hostname,
 	error = nfs4_set_client(server, hostname, sap, salen, buf,
 				clp->cl_proto, clnt->cl_timeout,
 				clp->cl_minorversion,
-				clp->cl_nconnect, net);
+				clp->cl_nconnect, clp->cl_max_connect, net);
 	clear_bit(NFS_MIG_TSM_POSSIBLE, &server->mig_status);
 	if (error != 0) {
 		nfs_server_insert_lists(server);
diff --git a/fs/nfs/super.c b/fs/nfs/super.c
index fe58525cfed4..e65c83494c05 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/super.c
@@ -480,6 +480,8 @@ static void nfs_show_mount_options(struct seq_file *m, struct nfs_server *nfss,
 	if (clp->cl_nconnect > 0)
 		seq_printf(m, ",nconnect=%u", clp->cl_nconnect);
 	if (version == 4) {
+		if (clp->cl_max_connect > 1)
+			seq_printf(m, ",max_connect=%u", clp->cl_max_connect);
 		if (nfss->port != NFS_PORT)
 			seq_printf(m, ",port=%u", nfss->port);
 	} else
diff --git a/include/linux/nfs_fs.h b/include/linux/nfs_fs.h
index ffba254d2098..c13414a8dfde 100644
--- a/include/linux/nfs_fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/nfs_fs.h
@@ -40,6 +40,11 @@
 
 #include <linux/mempool.h>
 
+/*
+ * These are the default for number of transports to different server IPs
+ */
+#define NFS_MAX_TRANSPORTS 16
+
 /*
  * These are the default flags for swap requests
  */
diff --git a/include/linux/nfs_fs_sb.h b/include/linux/nfs_fs_sb.h
index d71a0e90faeb..2a9acbfe00f0 100644
--- a/include/linux/nfs_fs_sb.h
+++ b/include/linux/nfs_fs_sb.h
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ struct nfs_client {
 
 	u32			cl_minorversion;/* NFSv4 minorversion */
 	unsigned int		cl_nconnect;	/* Number of connections */
+	unsigned int		cl_max_connect; /* max number of xprts allowed */
 	const char *		cl_principal;  /* used for machine cred */
 
 #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_NFS_V4)
