diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
index 8c70f12159b6..b2611999600a 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
@@ -528,6 +528,7 @@ static struct nfs4_client *create_client(struct xdr_netobj name, char *recdir)
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&clp->cl_strhash);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&clp->cl_openowners);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&clp->cl_delegations);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&clp->cl_sessions);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&clp->cl_lru);
 	return clp;
 }
diff --git a/include/linux/nfsd/state.h b/include/linux/nfsd/state.h
index baea7f1fdb4a..7faefc7c9d9a 100644
--- a/include/linux/nfsd/state.h
+++ b/include/linux/nfsd/state.h
@@ -163,6 +163,9 @@ struct nfs4_client {
 	struct nfs4_callback	cl_callback;    /* callback info */
 	atomic_t		cl_count;	/* ref count */
 	u32			cl_firststate;	/* recovery dir creation */
+
+	/* for nfs41 */
+	struct list_head	cl_sessions;
 };
 
 /* struct nfs4_client_reset