diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 06ab178c9557..8ed78b883218 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: afc881124b8aff83c7a28269ef9d9cfce543256c
+refs/heads/master: 34f5b4662bf4b54f22b32ce76ce70eccd7ebc68a
diff --git a/trunk/net/sunrpc/clnt.c b/trunk/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
index e775ca793249..924916ceaa43 100644
--- a/trunk/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
+++ b/trunk/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
@@ -579,9 +579,12 @@ struct rpc_task *rpc_run_task(const struct rpc_task_setup *task_setup_data)
 	}
 	atomic_inc(&task->tk_count);
 	/* Mask signals on synchronous RPC calls and RPCSEC_GSS upcalls */
-	rpc_task_sigmask(task, &oldset);
-	rpc_execute(task);
-	rpc_restore_sigmask(&oldset);
+	if (!RPC_IS_ASYNC(task)) {
+		rpc_task_sigmask(task, &oldset);
+		rpc_execute(task);
+		rpc_restore_sigmask(&oldset);
+	} else
+		rpc_execute(task);
 	ret = task;
 out:
 	return ret;