diff --git a/fs/nfs/internal.h b/fs/nfs/internal.h
index 0207758de44..10cf1110df4 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/internal.h
+++ b/fs/nfs/internal.h
@@ -83,6 +83,8 @@ struct nfs_mount_request {
 	unsigned short		protocol;
 	struct nfs_fh		*fh;
 	int			noresvport;
+	unsigned int		*auth_flav_len;
+	rpc_authflavor_t	*auth_flavs;
 };
 
 extern int nfs_mount(struct nfs_mount_request *info);
diff --git a/fs/nfs/mount_clnt.c b/fs/nfs/mount_clnt.c
index ed0a27ed538..618d815c309 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/mount_clnt.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/mount_clnt.c
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@
  * XDR argument and result sizes
  */
 #define MNT_enc_dirpath_sz	encode_dirpath_sz
+#define MNT_dec_mountres_sz	(MNT_status_sz + MNT_fhandle_sz)
+#define MNT_dec_mountres3_sz	(MNT_status_sz + MNT_fhandle_sz + \
+				 MNT_authflav3_sz)
 
 /*
  * Defined by RFC 1094, section A.5
@@ -140,8 +143,10 @@ struct mnt_fhstatus {
  */
 int nfs_mount(struct nfs_mount_request *info)
 {
-	struct mnt_fhstatus	result = {
-		.fh		= info->fh
+	struct mountres	result = {
+		.fh		= info->fh,
+		.auth_count	= info->auth_flav_len,
+		.auth_flavors	= info->auth_flavs,
 	};
 	struct rpc_message msg	= {
 		.rpc_argp	= info->dirpath,
@@ -180,7 +185,7 @@ int nfs_mount(struct nfs_mount_request *info)
 
 	if (status < 0)
 		goto out_call_err;
-	if (result.status != 0)
+	if (result.errno != 0)
 		goto out_mnt_err;
 
 	dprintk("NFS: MNT request succeeded\n");
@@ -191,16 +196,16 @@ out:
 
 out_clnt_err:
 	status = PTR_ERR(mnt_clnt);
-	dprintk("NFS: failed to create RPC client, status=%d\n", status);
+	dprintk("NFS: failed to create MNT RPC client, status=%d\n", status);
 	goto out;
 
 out_call_err:
-	dprintk("NFS: failed to start MNT request, status=%d\n", status);
+	dprintk("NFS: MNT request failed, status=%d\n", status);
 	goto out;
 
 out_mnt_err:
-	dprintk("NFS: MNT server returned result %d\n", result.status);
-	status = nfs_stat_to_errno(result.status);
+	dprintk("NFS: MNT server returned result %d\n", result.errno);
+	status = result.errno;
 	goto out;
 }
 
@@ -291,6 +296,20 @@ static int decode_fhandle(struct xdr_stream *xdr, struct mountres *res)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int mnt_dec_mountres(struct rpc_rqst *req, __be32 *p,
+			    struct mountres *res)
+{
+	struct xdr_stream xdr;
+	int status;
+
+	xdr_init_decode(&xdr, &req->rq_rcv_buf, p);
+
+	status = decode_status(&xdr, res);
+	if (unlikely(status != 0 || res->errno != 0))
+		return status;
+	return decode_fhandle(&xdr, res);
+}
+
 static int decode_fhs_status(struct xdr_stream *xdr, struct mountres *res)
 {
 	unsigned int i;
@@ -371,6 +390,25 @@ static int decode_auth_flavors(struct xdr_stream *xdr, struct mountres *res)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int mnt_dec_mountres3(struct rpc_rqst *req, __be32 *p,
+			     struct mountres *res)
+{
+	struct xdr_stream xdr;
+	int status;
+
+	xdr_init_decode(&xdr, &req->rq_rcv_buf, p);
+
+	status = decode_fhs_status(&xdr, res);
+	if (unlikely(status != 0 || res->errno != 0))
+		return status;
+	status = decode_fhandle3(&xdr, res);
+	if (unlikely(status != 0)) {
+		res->errno = -EBADHANDLE;
+		return 0;
+	}
+	return decode_auth_flavors(&xdr, res);
+}
+
 static int xdr_decode_fhstatus3(struct rpc_rqst *req, __be32 *p,
 				struct mnt_fhstatus *res)
 {
@@ -388,16 +426,13 @@ static int xdr_decode_fhstatus3(struct rpc_rqst *req, __be32 *p,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-#define MNT_fhstatus_sz		(1 + 8)
-#define MNT_fhstatus3_sz	(1 + 16)
-
 static struct rpc_procinfo mnt_procedures[] = {
 	[MOUNTPROC_MNT] = {
 		.p_proc		= MOUNTPROC_MNT,
 		.p_encode	= (kxdrproc_t)mnt_enc_dirpath,
-		.p_decode	= (kxdrproc_t) xdr_decode_fhstatus,
+		.p_decode	= (kxdrproc_t)mnt_dec_mountres,
 		.p_arglen	= MNT_enc_dirpath_sz,
-		.p_replen	= MNT_fhstatus_sz,
+		.p_replen	= MNT_dec_mountres_sz,
 		.p_statidx	= MOUNTPROC_MNT,
 		.p_name		= "MOUNT",
 	},
@@ -407,9 +442,9 @@ static struct rpc_procinfo mnt3_procedures[] = {
 	[MOUNTPROC3_MNT] = {
 		.p_proc		= MOUNTPROC3_MNT,
 		.p_encode	= (kxdrproc_t)mnt_enc_dirpath,
-		.p_decode	= (kxdrproc_t) xdr_decode_fhstatus3,
+		.p_decode	= (kxdrproc_t)mnt_dec_mountres3,
 		.p_arglen	= MNT_enc_dirpath_sz,
-		.p_replen	= MNT_fhstatus3_sz,
+		.p_replen	= MNT_dec_mountres3_sz,
 		.p_statidx	= MOUNTPROC3_MNT,
 		.p_name		= "MOUNT",
 	},
diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfsroot.c b/fs/nfs/nfsroot.c
index 24c1b93874c..8c55b27c0de 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfsroot.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfsroot.c
@@ -490,6 +490,7 @@ static int __init root_nfs_get_handle(void)
 {
 	struct nfs_fh fh;
 	struct sockaddr_in sin;
+	unsigned int auth_flav_len = 0;
 	struct nfs_mount_request request = {
 		.sap		= (struct sockaddr *)&sin,
 		.salen		= sizeof(sin),
@@ -499,6 +500,7 @@ static int __init root_nfs_get_handle(void)
 		.protocol	= (nfs_data.flags & NFS_MOUNT_TCP) ?
 					XPRT_TRANSPORT_TCP : XPRT_TRANSPORT_UDP,
 		.fh		= &fh,
+		.auth_flav_len	= &auth_flav_len,
 	};
 	int status;
 
diff --git a/fs/nfs/super.c b/fs/nfs/super.c
index 539a61a0887..0b72357cdc4 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/super.c
@@ -1380,6 +1380,7 @@ out_security_failure:
 static int nfs_try_mount(struct nfs_parsed_mount_data *args,
 			 struct nfs_fh *root_fh)
 {
+	unsigned int auth_flavor_len = 0;
 	struct nfs_mount_request request = {
 		.sap		= (struct sockaddr *)
 						&args->mount_server.address,
@@ -1387,6 +1388,7 @@ static int nfs_try_mount(struct nfs_parsed_mount_data *args,
 		.protocol	= args->mount_server.protocol,
 		.fh		= root_fh,
 		.noresvport	= args->flags & NFS_MOUNT_NORESVPORT,
+		.auth_flav_len	= &auth_flavor_len,
 	};
 	int status;