diff --git a/net/sunrpc/svc.c b/net/sunrpc/svc.c
index 6cc0ea3d26f1..78abac48985b 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/svc.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/svc.c
@@ -510,6 +510,24 @@ svc_create_pooled(struct svc_program *prog, unsigned int bufsize,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(svc_create_pooled);
 
+void svc_shutdown_net(struct svc_serv *serv, struct net *net)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The set of xprts (contained in the sv_tempsocks and
+	 * sv_permsocks lists) is now constant, since it is modified
+	 * only by accepting new sockets (done by service threads in
+	 * svc_recv) or aging old ones (done by sv_temptimer), or
+	 * configuration changes (excluded by whatever locking the
+	 * caller is using--nfsd_mutex in the case of nfsd).  So it's
+	 * safe to traverse those lists and shut everything down:
+	 */
+	svc_close_net(serv, net);
+
+	if (serv->sv_shutdown)
+		serv->sv_shutdown(serv, net);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(svc_shutdown_net);
+
 /*
  * Destroy an RPC service. Should be called with appropriate locking to
  * protect the sv_nrthreads, sv_permsocks and sv_tempsocks.
@@ -532,16 +550,8 @@ svc_destroy(struct svc_serv *serv)
 		printk("svc_destroy: no threads for serv=%p!\n", serv);
 
 	del_timer_sync(&serv->sv_temptimer);
-	/*
-	 * The set of xprts (contained in the sv_tempsocks and
-	 * sv_permsocks lists) is now constant, since it is modified
-	 * only by accepting new sockets (done by service threads in
-	 * svc_recv) or aging old ones (done by sv_temptimer), or
-	 * configuration changes (excluded by whatever locking the
-	 * caller is using--nfsd_mutex in the case of nfsd).  So it's
-	 * safe to traverse those lists and shut everything down:
-	 */
-	svc_close_net(serv, net);
+
+	svc_shutdown_net(serv, net);
 
 	/*
 	 * The last user is gone and thus all sockets have to be destroyed to
@@ -550,9 +560,6 @@ svc_destroy(struct svc_serv *serv)
 	BUG_ON(!list_empty(&serv->sv_permsocks));
 	BUG_ON(!list_empty(&serv->sv_tempsocks));
 
-	if (serv->sv_shutdown)
-		serv->sv_shutdown(serv, net);
-
 	cache_clean_deferred(serv);
 
 	if (svc_serv_is_pooled(serv))