diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4client.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4client.c
index 767a5e3..98c0104 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4client.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4client.c
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_NFS_V4_1
-static void nfs4_shutdown_session(struct nfs_client *clp)
+void nfs41_shutdown_client(struct nfs_client *clp)
 {
 	if (nfs4_has_session(clp)) {
 		nfs4_destroy_session(clp->cl_session);
@@ -49,11 +49,15 @@
 	}
 
 }
-#else /* CONFIG_NFS_V4_1 */
-static void nfs4_shutdown_session(struct nfs_client *clp)
+#endif	/* CONFIG_NFS_V4_1 */
+
+void nfs40_shutdown_client(struct nfs_client *clp)
 {
+	if (clp->cl_slot_tbl) {
+		nfs4_release_slot_table(clp->cl_slot_tbl);
+		kfree(clp->cl_slot_tbl);
+	}
 }
-#endif /* CONFIG_NFS_V4_1 */
 
 struct nfs_client *nfs4_alloc_client(const struct nfs_client_initdata *cl_init)
 {
@@ -97,7 +101,7 @@
 {
 	if (__test_and_clear_bit(NFS_CS_RENEWD, &clp->cl_res_state))
 		nfs4_kill_renewd(clp);
-	nfs4_shutdown_session(clp);
+	clp->cl_mvops->shutdown_client(clp);
 	nfs4_destroy_callback(clp);
 	if (__test_and_clear_bit(NFS_CS_IDMAP, &clp->cl_res_state))
 		nfs_idmap_delete(clp);
@@ -144,34 +148,77 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/**
+ * nfs40_init_client - nfs_client initialization tasks for NFSv4.0
+ * @clp - nfs_client to initialize
+ *
+ * Returns zero on success, or a negative errno if some error occurred.
+ */
+int nfs40_init_client(struct nfs_client *clp)
+{
+	struct nfs4_slot_table *tbl;
+	int ret;
+
+	tbl = kzalloc(sizeof(*tbl), GFP_NOFS);
+	if (tbl == NULL)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	ret = nfs4_setup_slot_table(tbl, NFS4_MAX_SLOT_TABLE,
+					"NFSv4.0 transport Slot table");
+	if (ret) {
+		kfree(tbl);
+		return ret;
+	}
+
+	clp->cl_slot_tbl = tbl;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+#if defined(CONFIG_NFS_V4_1)
+
+/**
+ * nfs41_init_client - nfs_client initialization tasks for NFSv4.1+
+ * @clp - nfs_client to initialize
+ *
+ * Returns zero on success, or a negative errno if some error occurred.
+ */
+int nfs41_init_client(struct nfs_client *clp)
+{
+	struct nfs4_session *session = NULL;
+
+	/*
+	 * Create the session and mark it expired.
+	 * When a SEQUENCE operation encounters the expired session
+	 * it will do session recovery to initialize it.
+	 */
+	session = nfs4_alloc_session(clp);
+	if (!session)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	clp->cl_session = session;
+
+	/*
+	 * The create session reply races with the server back
+	 * channel probe. Mark the client NFS_CS_SESSION_INITING
+	 * so that the client back channel can find the
+	 * nfs_client struct
+	 */
+	nfs_mark_client_ready(clp, NFS_CS_SESSION_INITING);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+#endif	/* CONFIG_NFS_V4_1 */
+
 /*
  * Initialize the minor version specific parts of an NFS4 client record
  */
 static int nfs4_init_client_minor_version(struct nfs_client *clp)
 {
-#if defined(CONFIG_NFS_V4_1)
-	if (clp->cl_mvops->minor_version) {
-		struct nfs4_session *session = NULL;
-		/*
-		 * Create the session and mark it expired.
-		 * When a SEQUENCE operation encounters the expired session
-		 * it will do session recovery to initialize it.
-		 */
-		session = nfs4_alloc_session(clp);
-		if (!session)
-			return -ENOMEM;
+	int ret;
 
-		clp->cl_session = session;
-		/*
-		 * The create session reply races with the server back
-		 * channel probe. Mark the client NFS_CS_SESSION_INITING
-		 * so that the client back channel can find the
-		 * nfs_client struct
-		 */
-		nfs_mark_client_ready(clp, NFS_CS_SESSION_INITING);
-	}
-#endif /* CONFIG_NFS_V4_1 */
-
+	ret = clp->cl_mvops->init_client(clp);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
 	return nfs4_init_callback(clp);
 }