diff --git a/fs/nfs/client.c b/fs/nfs/client.c
index 75c9cd2aa119..0efcb55c2caa 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/client.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/client.c
@@ -1101,7 +1101,8 @@ static int nfs4_set_client(struct nfs_server *server,
 		const size_t addrlen,
 		const char *ip_addr,
 		rpc_authflavor_t authflavour,
-		int proto, const struct rpc_timeout *timeparms)
+		int proto, const struct rpc_timeout *timeparms,
+		u32 minorversion)
 {
 	struct nfs_client_initdata cl_init = {
 		.hostname = hostname,
@@ -1164,7 +1165,8 @@ static int nfs4_init_server(struct nfs_server *server,
 			data->client_address,
 			data->auth_flavors[0],
 			data->nfs_server.protocol,
-			&timeparms);
+			&timeparms,
+			data->minorversion);
 	if (error < 0)
 		goto error;
 
@@ -1282,7 +1284,8 @@ struct nfs_server *nfs4_create_referral_server(struct nfs_clone_mount *data,
 				parent_client->cl_ipaddr,
 				data->authflavor,
 				parent_server->client->cl_xprt->prot,
-				parent_server->client->cl_timeout);
+				parent_server->client->cl_timeout,
+				parent_client->cl_minorversion);
 	if (error < 0)
 		goto error;
 
diff --git a/include/linux/nfs_fs_sb.h b/include/linux/nfs_fs_sb.h
index 6ad75948cbf7..e9a51fe46aa3 100644
--- a/include/linux/nfs_fs_sb.h
+++ b/include/linux/nfs_fs_sb.h
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ struct nfs_client {
 	const struct nfs_rpc_ops *rpc_ops;	/* NFS protocol vector */
 	int			cl_proto;	/* Network transport protocol */
 
+	u32			cl_minorversion;/* NFSv4 minorversion */
 	struct rpc_cred		*cl_machine_cred;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_NFS_V4
@@ -63,7 +64,7 @@ struct nfs_client {
 	 */
 	char			cl_ipaddr[48];
 	unsigned char		cl_id_uniquifier;
-#endif
+#endif /* CONFIG_NFS_V4 */
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_NFS_FSCACHE
 	struct fscache_cookie	*fscache;	/* client index cache cookie */