diff --git a/net/sunrpc/clnt.c b/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
index b4f17117b779..f0339ae9bf37 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
@@ -177,6 +177,8 @@ static inline int rpc_clnt_skip_event(struct rpc_clnt *clnt, unsigned long event
 	if (((event == RPC_PIPEFS_MOUNT) && clnt->cl_dentry) ||
 	    ((event == RPC_PIPEFS_UMOUNT) && !clnt->cl_dentry))
 		return 1;
+	if ((event == RPC_PIPEFS_MOUNT) && atomic_read(&clnt->cl_count) == 0)
+		return 1;
 	return 0;
 }