diff --git a/fs/nfs/client.c b/fs/nfs/client.c
index 003ebce..1e10678 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/client.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/client.c
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@
  * Initialise the timeout values for a connection
  */
 void nfs_init_timeout_values(struct rpc_timeout *to, int proto,
-				    unsigned int timeo, unsigned int retrans)
+				    int timeo, int retrans)
 {
 	to->to_initval = timeo * HZ / 10;
 	to->to_retries = retrans;
@@ -434,9 +434,9 @@
 	switch (proto) {
 	case XPRT_TRANSPORT_TCP:
 	case XPRT_TRANSPORT_RDMA:
-		if (to->to_retries == 0)
+		if (retrans == NFS_UNSPEC_RETRANS)
 			to->to_retries = NFS_DEF_TCP_RETRANS;
-		if (to->to_initval == 0)
+		if (timeo == NFS_UNSPEC_TIMEO || to->to_retries == 0)
 			to->to_initval = NFS_DEF_TCP_TIMEO * HZ / 10;
 		if (to->to_initval > NFS_MAX_TCP_TIMEOUT)
 			to->to_initval = NFS_MAX_TCP_TIMEOUT;
@@ -449,9 +449,9 @@
 		to->to_exponential = 0;
 		break;
 	case XPRT_TRANSPORT_UDP:
-		if (to->to_retries == 0)
+		if (retrans == NFS_UNSPEC_RETRANS)
 			to->to_retries = NFS_DEF_UDP_RETRANS;
-		if (!to->to_initval)
+		if (timeo == NFS_UNSPEC_TIMEO || to->to_initval == 0)
 			to->to_initval = NFS_DEF_UDP_TIMEO * HZ / 10;
 		if (to->to_initval > NFS_MAX_UDP_TIMEOUT)
 			to->to_initval = NFS_MAX_UDP_TIMEOUT;
diff --git a/fs/nfs/internal.h b/fs/nfs/internal.h
index 7ce5e02..74935a1 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/internal.h
+++ b/fs/nfs/internal.h
@@ -58,6 +58,9 @@
  */
 #define NFS_UNSPEC_PORT		(-1)
 
+#define NFS_UNSPEC_RETRANS	(UINT_MAX)
+#define NFS_UNSPEC_TIMEO	(UINT_MAX)
+
 /*
  * Maximum number of pages that readdir can use for creating
  * a vmapped array of pages.
@@ -156,7 +159,7 @@
 int nfs_probe_fsinfo(struct nfs_server *server, struct nfs_fh *, struct nfs_fattr *);
 void nfs_server_insert_lists(struct nfs_server *);
 void nfs_server_remove_lists(struct nfs_server *);
-void nfs_init_timeout_values(struct rpc_timeout *, int, unsigned int, unsigned int);
+void nfs_init_timeout_values(struct rpc_timeout *to, int proto, int timeo, int retrans);
 int nfs_init_server_rpcclient(struct nfs_server *, const struct rpc_timeout *t,
 		rpc_authflavor_t);
 struct nfs_server *nfs_alloc_server(void);
diff --git a/fs/nfs/super.c b/fs/nfs/super.c
index 18d446e..d396013 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/super.c
@@ -923,6 +923,8 @@
 
 	data = kzalloc(sizeof(*data), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (data) {
+		data->timeo		= NFS_UNSPEC_TIMEO;
+		data->retrans		= NFS_UNSPEC_RETRANS;
 		data->acregmin		= NFS_DEF_ACREGMIN;
 		data->acregmax		= NFS_DEF_ACREGMAX;
 		data->acdirmin		= NFS_DEF_ACDIRMIN;
@@ -1189,6 +1191,19 @@
 	return rc;
 }
 
+static int nfs_get_option_ul_bound(substring_t args[], unsigned long *option,
+		unsigned long l_bound, unsigned long u_bound)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = nfs_get_option_ul(args, option);
+	if (ret != 0)
+		return ret;
+	if (*option < l_bound || *option > u_bound)
+		return -ERANGE;
+	return 0;
+}
+
 /*
  * Error-check and convert a string of mount options from user space into
  * a data structure.  The whole mount string is processed; bad options are
@@ -1352,12 +1367,12 @@
 			mnt->bsize = option;
 			break;
 		case Opt_timeo:
-			if (nfs_get_option_ul(args, &option) || option == 0)
+			if (nfs_get_option_ul_bound(args, &option, 1, INT_MAX))
 				goto out_invalid_value;
 			mnt->timeo = option;
 			break;
 		case Opt_retrans:
-			if (nfs_get_option_ul(args, &option) || option == 0)
+			if (nfs_get_option_ul_bound(args, &option, 0, INT_MAX))
 				goto out_invalid_value;
 			mnt->retrans = option;
 			break;