diff --git a/fs/nfs/client.c b/fs/nfs/client.c
index d28a987f569e81ca4d289d84661763709b082651..3e232bf56dfb2f1e25a3b593df7eeb15cc22fabe 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/client.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/client.c
@@ -527,6 +527,22 @@ void nfs_mark_client_ready(struct nfs_client *clp, int state)
 	wake_up_all(&nfs_client_active_wq);
 }
 
+/*
+ * With sessions, the client is not marked ready until after a
+ * successful EXCHANGE_ID and CREATE_SESSION.
+ *
+ * Map errors cl_cons_state errors to EPROTONOSUPPORT to indicate
+ * other versions of NFS can be tried.
+ */
+int nfs4_check_client_ready(struct nfs_client *clp)
+{
+	if (!nfs4_has_session(clp))
+		return 0;
+	if (clp->cl_cons_state < NFS_CS_READY)
+		return -EPROTONOSUPPORT;
+	return 0;
+}
+
 /*
  * Initialise the timeout values for a connection
  */
diff --git a/fs/nfs/internal.h b/fs/nfs/internal.h
index 78508f29c03a061bbdb59e0bcbe659d1e8f6e40c..acee3274d275731ac136a1f4833ebe35288e1f8f 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/internal.h
+++ b/fs/nfs/internal.h
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ extern struct nfs_server *nfs_clone_server(struct nfs_server *,
 					   struct nfs_fh *,
 					   struct nfs_fattr *);
 extern void nfs_mark_client_ready(struct nfs_client *clp, int state);
+extern int nfs4_check_client_ready(struct nfs_client *clp);
 #ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS
 extern int __init nfs_fs_proc_init(void);
 extern void nfs_fs_proc_exit(void);
diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
index 64d611658d1f66334e3905b2c69be617c4499c4b..31ce758d53d5aa109f76a4460a4660c9c7170d88 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
@@ -2024,8 +2024,15 @@ static int _nfs4_lookup_root(struct nfs_server *server, struct nfs_fh *fhandle,
 		.rpc_argp = &args,
 		.rpc_resp = &res,
 	};
+	int status;
+
 	nfs_fattr_init(info->fattr);
-	return nfs4_call_sync(server, &msg, &args, &res, 0);
+	status = nfs4_recover_expired_lease(server);
+	if (!status)
+		status = nfs4_check_client_ready(server->nfs_client);
+	if (!status)
+		status = nfs4_call_sync(server, &msg, &args, &res, 0);
+	return status;
 }
 
 static int nfs4_lookup_root(struct nfs_server *server, struct nfs_fh *fhandle,