diff --git a/net/sunrpc/clnt.c b/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
index 651245a..80cf232 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
@@ -416,6 +416,8 @@
 
 	if (args->flags & RPC_CLNT_CREATE_INFINITE_SLOTS)
 		xprtargs.flags |= XPRT_CREATE_INFINITE_SLOTS;
+	if (args->flags & RPC_CLNT_CREATE_NO_IDLE_TIMEOUT)
+		xprtargs.flags |= XPRT_CREATE_NO_IDLE_TIMEOUT;
 	/*
 	 * If the caller chooses not to specify a hostname, whip
 	 * up a string representation of the passed-in address.
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprt.c b/net/sunrpc/xprt.c
index 745fca3..095363e 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprt.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprt.c
@@ -1300,6 +1300,8 @@
 				-PTR_ERR(xprt));
 		goto out;
 	}
+	if (args->flags & XPRT_CREATE_NO_IDLE_TIMEOUT)
+		xprt->idle_timeout = 0;
 	INIT_WORK(&xprt->task_cleanup, xprt_autoclose);
 	if (xprt_has_timer(xprt))
 		setup_timer(&xprt->timer, xprt_init_autodisconnect,