diff --git a/fs/lockd/svc.c b/fs/lockd/svc.c
index 9a991b52c647d7614cb014100c73b1124751b517..13feba45030eb2ee94e6e4e90aedf0d24b4f8d23 100644
--- a/fs/lockd/svc.c
+++ b/fs/lockd/svc.c
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ lockd_up(void)
 			"lockd_up: no pid, %d users??\n", nlmsvc_users);
 
 	error = -ENOMEM;
-	serv = svc_create(&nlmsvc_program, LOCKD_BUFSIZE);
+	serv = svc_create(&nlmsvc_program, LOCKD_BUFSIZE, NULL);
 	if (!serv) {
 		printk(KERN_WARNING "lockd_up: create service failed\n");
 		goto out;
diff --git a/fs/nfs/callback.c b/fs/nfs/callback.c
index a3ee11364db02044e07cd6dce7a5546aa4016650..e244cdc7afab4106d0c642600718d5f510933127 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/callback.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/callback.c
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ int nfs_callback_up(void)
 		goto out;
 	init_completion(&nfs_callback_info.started);
 	init_completion(&nfs_callback_info.stopped);
-	serv = svc_create(&nfs4_callback_program, NFS4_CALLBACK_BUFSIZE);
+	serv = svc_create(&nfs4_callback_program, NFS4_CALLBACK_BUFSIZE, NULL);
 	ret = -ENOMEM;
 	if (!serv)
 		goto out_err;
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfssvc.c b/fs/nfsd/nfssvc.c
index ec1decf29babd194b8ea8f2ae94912f252d770ec..c52c99964a4ca2ed8742ca8d085179f483aaafd7 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfssvc.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfssvc.c
@@ -130,11 +130,25 @@ int nfsd_nrthreads(void)
 		return nfsd_serv->sv_nrthreads;
 }
 
+static int killsig;	/* signal that was used to kill last nfsd */
+static void nfsd_last_thread(struct svc_serv *serv)
+{
+	/* When last nfsd thread exits we need to do some clean-up */
+	nfsd_serv = NULL;
+	nfsd_racache_shutdown();
+	nfs4_state_shutdown();
+
+	printk(KERN_WARNING "nfsd: last server has exited\n");
+	if (killsig != SIG_NOCLEAN) {
+		printk(KERN_WARNING "nfsd: unexporting all filesystems\n");
+		nfsd_export_flush();
+	}
+}
 int
 nfsd_svc(unsigned short port, int nrservs)
 {
 	int	error;
-	int	none_left, found_one, i;
+	int	found_one, i;
 	struct list_head *victim;
 	
 	lock_kernel();
@@ -197,7 +211,8 @@ nfsd_svc(unsigned short port, int nrservs)
 
 		atomic_set(&nfsd_busy, 0);
 		error = -ENOMEM;
-		nfsd_serv = svc_create(&nfsd_program, NFSD_BUFSIZE);
+		nfsd_serv = svc_create(&nfsd_program, NFSD_BUFSIZE,
+				       nfsd_last_thread);
 		if (nfsd_serv == NULL)
 			goto out;
 		error = svc_makesock(nfsd_serv, IPPROTO_UDP, port);
@@ -231,13 +246,7 @@ nfsd_svc(unsigned short port, int nrservs)
 		nrservs++;
 	}
  failure:
-	none_left = (nfsd_serv->sv_nrthreads == 1);
 	svc_destroy(nfsd_serv);		/* Release server */
-	if (none_left) {
-		nfsd_serv = NULL;
-		nfsd_racache_shutdown();
-		nfs4_state_shutdown();
-	}
  out:
 	unlock_kernel();
 	return error;
@@ -353,7 +362,7 @@ nfsd(struct svc_rqst *rqstp)
 			if (sigismember(&current->pending.signal, signo) &&
 			    !sigismember(&current->blocked, signo))
 				break;
-		err = signo;
+		killsig = signo;
 	}
 	/* Clear signals before calling lockd_down() and svc_exit_thread() */
 	flush_signals(current);
@@ -362,19 +371,6 @@ nfsd(struct svc_rqst *rqstp)
 
 	/* Release lockd */
 	lockd_down();
-
-	/* Check if this is last thread */
-	if (serv->sv_nrthreads==1) {
-		
-		printk(KERN_WARNING "nfsd: last server has exited\n");
-		if (err != SIG_NOCLEAN) {
-			printk(KERN_WARNING "nfsd: unexporting all filesystems\n");
-			nfsd_export_flush();
-		}
-		nfsd_serv = NULL;
-	        nfsd_racache_shutdown();	/* release read-ahead cache */
-		nfs4_state_shutdown();
-	}
 	list_del(&me.list);
 	nfsdstats.th_cnt --;
 
diff --git a/include/linux/sunrpc/svc.h b/include/linux/sunrpc/svc.h
index 73140ee5c638ab631916ecf6fb697da58384693d..bff5e9b486c2fe7ff420f798d7ba3159ef343aca 100644
--- a/include/linux/sunrpc/svc.h
+++ b/include/linux/sunrpc/svc.h
@@ -42,6 +42,11 @@ struct svc_serv {
 	int			sv_tmpcnt;	/* count of temporary sockets */
 
 	char *			sv_name;	/* service name */
+
+	void			(*sv_shutdown)(struct svc_serv *serv);
+						/* Callback to use when last thread
+						 * exits.
+						 */
 };
 
 /*
@@ -328,7 +333,8 @@ typedef void		(*svc_thread_fn)(struct svc_rqst *);
 /*
  * Function prototypes.
  */
-struct svc_serv *  svc_create(struct svc_program *, unsigned int);
+struct svc_serv *  svc_create(struct svc_program *, unsigned int,
+			      void (*shutdown)(struct svc_serv*));
 int		   svc_create_thread(svc_thread_fn, struct svc_serv *);
 void		   svc_exit_thread(struct svc_rqst *);
 void		   svc_destroy(struct svc_serv *);
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/svc.c b/net/sunrpc/svc.c
index 44b8d9d4c18a7d09e5929688e45eab41cdc60ef8..f5aee4c61676b1945d908ad019018e3d487b8889 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/svc.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/svc.c
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@
  * Create an RPC service
  */
 struct svc_serv *
-svc_create(struct svc_program *prog, unsigned int bufsize)
+svc_create(struct svc_program *prog, unsigned int bufsize,
+	   void (*shutdown)(struct svc_serv *serv))
 {
 	struct svc_serv	*serv;
 	int vers;
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@ svc_create(struct svc_program *prog, unsigned int bufsize)
 	serv->sv_nrthreads = 1;
 	serv->sv_stats     = prog->pg_stats;
 	serv->sv_bufsz	   = bufsize? bufsize : 4096;
+	serv->sv_shutdown  = shutdown;
 	xdrsize = 0;
 	while (prog) {
 		prog->pg_lovers = prog->pg_nvers-1;
@@ -91,6 +93,9 @@ svc_destroy(struct svc_serv *serv)
 				  sk_list);
 		svc_delete_socket(svsk);
 	}
+	if (serv->sv_shutdown)
+		serv->sv_shutdown(serv);
+
 	while (!list_empty(&serv->sv_permsocks)) {
 		svsk = list_entry(serv->sv_permsocks.next,
 				  struct svc_sock,