diff --git a/include/linux/sunrpc/xprt.h b/include/linux/sunrpc/xprt.h
index ff5a77b..00f6e3f 100644
--- a/include/linux/sunrpc/xprt.h
+++ b/include/linux/sunrpc/xprt.h
@@ -280,6 +280,7 @@
 void			xprt_release(struct rpc_task *task);
 struct rpc_xprt *	xprt_get(struct rpc_xprt *xprt);
 void			xprt_put(struct rpc_xprt *xprt);
+struct rpc_xprt *	xprt_alloc(int size, int max_req);
 
 static inline __be32 *xprt_skip_transport_header(struct rpc_xprt *xprt, __be32 *p)
 {
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprt.c b/net/sunrpc/xprt.c
index 970fb00..26cbe21 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprt.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprt.c
@@ -962,6 +962,28 @@
 	spin_unlock(&xprt->reserve_lock);
 }
 
+struct rpc_xprt *xprt_alloc(int size, int max_req)
+{
+	struct rpc_xprt *xprt;
+
+	xprt = kzalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (xprt == NULL)
+		goto out;
+
+	xprt->max_reqs = max_req;
+	xprt->slot = kcalloc(max_req, sizeof(struct rpc_rqst), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (xprt->slot == NULL)
+		goto out_free;
+
+	return xprt;
+
+out_free:
+	kfree(xprt);
+out:
+	return NULL;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(xprt_alloc);
+
 /**
  * xprt_reserve - allocate an RPC request slot
  * @task: RPC task requesting a slot allocation
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/transport.c b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/transport.c
index a85e866..9d77bf2 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/transport.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/transport.c
@@ -285,23 +285,14 @@
 		return ERR_PTR(-EBADF);
 	}
 
-	xprt = kzalloc(sizeof(struct rpcrdma_xprt), GFP_KERNEL);
+	xprt = xprt_alloc(sizeof(struct rpcrdma_xprt),
+			xprt_rdma_slot_table_entries);
 	if (xprt == NULL) {
 		dprintk("RPC:       %s: couldn't allocate rpcrdma_xprt\n",
 			__func__);
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 	}
 
-	xprt->max_reqs = xprt_rdma_slot_table_entries;
-	xprt->slot = kcalloc(xprt->max_reqs,
-				sizeof(struct rpc_rqst), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (xprt->slot == NULL) {
-		dprintk("RPC:       %s: couldn't allocate %d slots\n",
-			__func__, xprt->max_reqs);
-		kfree(xprt);
-		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
-	}
-
 	/* 60 second timeout, no retries */
 	xprt->timeout = &xprt_rdma_default_timeout;
 	xprt->bind_timeout = (60U * HZ);
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c b/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
index b6309db..a7a7638 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
@@ -2273,23 +2273,14 @@
 		return ERR_PTR(-EBADF);
 	}
 
-	new = kzalloc(sizeof(*new), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (new == NULL) {
+	xprt = xprt_alloc(sizeof(*new), slot_table_size);
+	if (xprt == NULL) {
 		dprintk("RPC:       xs_setup_xprt: couldn't allocate "
 				"rpc_xprt\n");
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 	}
-	xprt = &new->xprt;
 
-	xprt->max_reqs = slot_table_size;
-	xprt->slot = kcalloc(xprt->max_reqs, sizeof(struct rpc_rqst), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (xprt->slot == NULL) {
-		kfree(xprt);
-		dprintk("RPC:       xs_setup_xprt: couldn't allocate slot "
-				"table\n");
-		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
-	}
-
+	new = container_of(xprt, struct sock_xprt, xprt);
 	memcpy(&xprt->addr, args->dstaddr, args->addrlen);
 	xprt->addrlen = args->addrlen;
 	if (args->srcaddr)