diff --git a/net/sunrpc/clnt.c b/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
index 0f54a56d19d27..8bf2af8546d2f 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
@@ -1065,7 +1065,9 @@ rpc_task_get_next_xprt(struct rpc_clnt *clnt)
 static
 void rpc_task_set_transport(struct rpc_task *task, struct rpc_clnt *clnt)
 {
-	if (task->tk_xprt)
+	if (task->tk_xprt &&
+			!(test_bit(XPRT_OFFLINE, &task->tk_xprt->state) &&
+                        (task->tk_flags & RPC_TASK_MOVEABLE)))
 		return;
 	if (task->tk_flags & RPC_TASK_NO_ROUND_ROBIN)
 		task->tk_xprt = rpc_task_get_first_xprt(clnt);