diff --git a/fs/nfs/client.c b/fs/nfs/client.c
index b4e41dd4d0f6..873bf00d51a2 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/client.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/client.c
@@ -1868,6 +1868,10 @@ static int nfs_server_list_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
 	/* display one transport per line on subsequent lines */
 	clp = list_entry(v, struct nfs_client, cl_share_link);
 
+	/* Check if the client is initialized */
+	if (clp->cl_cons_state != NFS_CS_READY)
+		return 0;
+
 	seq_printf(m, "v%u %s %s %3d %s\n",
 		   clp->rpc_ops->version,
 		   rpc_peeraddr2str(clp->cl_rpcclient, RPC_DISPLAY_HEX_ADDR),