diff --git a/net/sunrpc/svc.c b/net/sunrpc/svc.c
index 08ca797bb8a4..74a1c9116a78 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/svc.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/svc.c
@@ -806,6 +806,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(svc_set_num_threads);
 static int
 svc_stop_kthreads(struct svc_serv *serv, struct svc_pool *pool, int nrservs)
 {
+	struct svc_rqst	*rqstp;
 	struct task_struct *task;
 	unsigned int state = serv->sv_nrthreads-1;
 
@@ -814,7 +815,10 @@ svc_stop_kthreads(struct svc_serv *serv, struct svc_pool *pool, int nrservs)
 		task = choose_victim(serv, pool, &state);
 		if (task == NULL)
 			break;
-		kthread_stop(task);
+		rqstp = kthread_data(task);
+		/* Did we lose a race to svo_function threadfn? */
+		if (kthread_stop(task) == -EINTR)
+			svc_exit_thread(rqstp);
 		nrservs++;
 	} while (nrservs < 0);
 	return 0;