diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 3a2f1caca1ae..feb370b94292 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 8014793b1b2869445adfe678d64cdacd10e99d53
+refs/heads/master: 76303992b4701124f4cd0791ae2049ab4332f02c
diff --git a/trunk/net/sunrpc/clnt.c b/trunk/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
index 87efcd207f23..355e7863c0aa 100644
--- a/trunk/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
+++ b/trunk/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
@@ -1030,6 +1030,14 @@ call_status(struct rpc_task *task)
 
 	task->tk_status = 0;
 	switch(status) {
+	case -EHOSTDOWN:
+	case -EHOSTUNREACH:
+	case -ENETUNREACH:
+		/*
+		 * Delay any retries for 3 seconds, then handle as if it
+		 * were a timeout.
+		 */
+		rpc_delay(task, 3*HZ);
 	case -ETIMEDOUT:
 		task->tk_action = call_timeout;
 		break;