diff --git a/fs/nfs/internal.h b/fs/nfs/internal.h
index 4e983961346e..340ede8f608f 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/internal.h
+++ b/fs/nfs/internal.h
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ struct nfs_mount_request {
 	u32			version;
 	unsigned short		protocol;
 	struct nfs_fh		*fh;
+	int			noresvport;
 };
 
 extern int nfs_mount(struct nfs_mount_request *info);
diff --git a/fs/nfs/mount_clnt.c b/fs/nfs/mount_clnt.c
index 7e37113d37e3..ca905a5bb1ba 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/mount_clnt.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/mount_clnt.c
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ int nfs_mount(struct nfs_mount_request *info)
 		.program	= &mnt_program,
 		.version	= info->version,
 		.authflavor	= RPC_AUTH_UNIX,
-		.flags		= 0,
 	};
 	struct rpc_clnt		*mnt_clnt;
 	int			status;
@@ -59,6 +58,9 @@ int nfs_mount(struct nfs_mount_request *info)
 		(info->hostname ? info->hostname : "server"),
 			info->dirpath);
 
+	if (info->noresvport)
+		args.flags |= RPC_CLNT_CREATE_NONPRIVPORT;
+
 	mnt_clnt = rpc_create(&args);
 	if (IS_ERR(mnt_clnt))
 		goto out_clnt_err;
diff --git a/fs/nfs/super.c b/fs/nfs/super.c
index e05a77be3068..d8e062fe76b1 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/super.c
@@ -1345,6 +1345,7 @@ static int nfs_try_mount(struct nfs_parsed_mount_data *args,
 		.dirpath	= args->nfs_server.export_path,
 		.protocol	= args->mount_server.protocol,
 		.fh		= root_fh,
+		.noresvport	= args->flags & NFS_MOUNT_NORESVPORT,
 	};
 	int status;