diff --git a/net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c b/net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c
index 11a33c8..80a6640 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c
@@ -955,21 +955,24 @@
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(svc_close_xprt);
 
-static void svc_close_list(struct svc_serv *serv, struct list_head *xprt_list, struct net *net)
+static int svc_close_list(struct svc_serv *serv, struct list_head *xprt_list, struct net *net)
 {
 	struct svc_xprt *xprt;
+	int ret = 0;
 
 	spin_lock(&serv->sv_lock);
 	list_for_each_entry(xprt, xprt_list, xpt_list) {
 		if (xprt->xpt_net != net)
 			continue;
+		ret++;
 		set_bit(XPT_CLOSE, &xprt->xpt_flags);
-		set_bit(XPT_BUSY, &xprt->xpt_flags);
+		svc_xprt_enqueue(xprt);
 	}
 	spin_unlock(&serv->sv_lock);
+	return ret;
 }
 
-static void svc_clear_pools(struct svc_serv *serv, struct net *net)
+static struct svc_xprt *svc_dequeue_net(struct svc_serv *serv, struct net *net)
 {
 	struct svc_pool *pool;
 	struct svc_xprt *xprt;
@@ -984,42 +987,46 @@
 			if (xprt->xpt_net != net)
 				continue;
 			list_del_init(&xprt->xpt_ready);
+			spin_unlock_bh(&pool->sp_lock);
+			return xprt;
 		}
 		spin_unlock_bh(&pool->sp_lock);
 	}
+	return NULL;
 }
 
-static void svc_clear_list(struct svc_serv *serv, struct list_head *xprt_list, struct net *net)
+static void svc_clean_up_xprts(struct svc_serv *serv, struct net *net)
 {
 	struct svc_xprt *xprt;
-	struct svc_xprt *tmp;
-	LIST_HEAD(victims);
 
-	spin_lock(&serv->sv_lock);
-	list_for_each_entry_safe(xprt, tmp, xprt_list, xpt_list) {
-		if (xprt->xpt_net != net)
-			continue;
-		list_move(&xprt->xpt_list, &victims);
-	}
-	spin_unlock(&serv->sv_lock);
-
-	list_for_each_entry_safe(xprt, tmp, &victims, xpt_list)
+	while ((xprt = svc_dequeue_net(serv, net))) {
+		set_bit(XPT_CLOSE, &xprt->xpt_flags);
 		svc_delete_xprt(xprt);
+	}
 }
 
+/*
+ * Server threads may still be running (especially in the case where the
+ * service is still running in other network namespaces).
+ *
+ * So we shut down sockets the same way we would on a running server, by
+ * setting XPT_CLOSE, enqueuing, and letting a thread pick it up to do
+ * the close.  In the case there are no such other threads,
+ * threads running, svc_clean_up_xprts() does a simple version of a
+ * server's main event loop, and in the case where there are other
+ * threads, we may need to wait a little while and then check again to
+ * see if they're done.
+ */
 void svc_close_net(struct svc_serv *serv, struct net *net)
 {
-	svc_close_list(serv, &serv->sv_tempsocks, net);
-	svc_close_list(serv, &serv->sv_permsocks, net);
+	int delay = 0;
 
-	svc_clear_pools(serv, net);
-	/*
-	 * At this point the sp_sockets lists will stay empty, since
-	 * svc_xprt_enqueue will not add new entries without taking the
-	 * sp_lock and checking XPT_BUSY.
-	 */
-	svc_clear_list(serv, &serv->sv_tempsocks, net);
-	svc_clear_list(serv, &serv->sv_permsocks, net);
+	while (svc_close_list(serv, &serv->sv_permsocks, net) +
+	       svc_close_list(serv, &serv->sv_tempsocks, net)) {
+
+		svc_clean_up_xprts(serv, net);
+		msleep(delay++);
+	}
 }
 
 /*