diff --git a/net/sunrpc/clnt.c b/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
index 04f6e15457e0..b19bacf42564 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
@@ -959,6 +959,11 @@ call_bind_status(struct rpc_task *task)
 	case -EACCES:
 		dprintk("RPC: %5u remote rpcbind: RPC program/version "
 				"unavailable\n", task->tk_pid);
+		/* fail immediately if this is an RPC ping */
+		if (task->tk_msg.rpc_proc->p_proc == 0) {
+			status = -EOPNOTSUPP;
+			break;
+		}
 		rpc_delay(task, 3*HZ);
 		goto retry_timeout;
 	case -ETIMEDOUT: