diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 384ea97098c2..ac809f75475f 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: b5627943ab6fabbc13a45d92683363a3d08a249f
+refs/heads/master: e8f5d77c8029ff8f5dcd1dfc133aac0bbbffd92b
diff --git a/trunk/include/linux/sunrpc/sched.h b/trunk/include/linux/sunrpc/sched.h
index c9444fdc23ac..60a05c71637e 100644
--- a/trunk/include/linux/sunrpc/sched.h
+++ b/trunk/include/linux/sunrpc/sched.h
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ struct rpc_call_ops {
 };
 
 struct rpc_task_setup {
+	struct rpc_task *task;
 	struct rpc_clnt *rpc_client;
 	const struct rpc_message *rpc_message;
 	const struct rpc_call_ops *callback_ops;
diff --git a/trunk/net/sunrpc/sched.c b/trunk/net/sunrpc/sched.c
index fa53a88b2c5b..c03e7bf6e9bc 100644
--- a/trunk/net/sunrpc/sched.c
+++ b/trunk/net/sunrpc/sched.c
@@ -885,16 +885,20 @@ static void rpc_free_task(struct rcu_head *rcu)
  */
 struct rpc_task *rpc_new_task(const struct rpc_task_setup *setup_data)
 {
-	struct rpc_task	*task;
-
-	task = rpc_alloc_task();
-	if (!task)
-		goto out;
+	struct rpc_task	*task = setup_data->task;
+	unsigned short flags = 0;
+
+	if (task == NULL) {
+		task = rpc_alloc_task();
+		if (task == NULL)
+			goto out;
+		flags = RPC_TASK_DYNAMIC;
+	}
 
 	rpc_init_task(task, setup_data);
 
+	task->tk_flags |= flags;
 	dprintk("RPC:       allocated task %p\n", task);
-	task->tk_flags |= RPC_TASK_DYNAMIC;
 out:
 	return task;
 }