diff --git a/net/sunrpc/clnt.c b/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
index b774028e4aa8..1dbad41c4614 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
@@ -1047,6 +1047,7 @@ struct rpc_clnt *rpc_bind_new_program(struct rpc_clnt *old,
 		.authflavor	= old->cl_auth->au_flavor,
 		.cred		= old->cl_cred,
 		.stats		= old->cl_stats,
+		.timeout	= old->cl_timeout,
 	};
 	struct rpc_clnt *clnt;
 	int err;