diff --git a/include/linux/sunrpc/svcsock.h b/include/linux/sunrpc/svcsock.h
index cccea0a0feb48e83923cc10df72cd1b26133f244..7909687557bf70f29b4bf18f9021061933d72cad 100644
--- a/include/linux/sunrpc/svcsock.h
+++ b/include/linux/sunrpc/svcsock.h
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ struct svc_sock {
  * Function prototypes.
  */
 int		svc_makesock(struct svc_serv *, int, unsigned short, int flags);
-void		svc_close_socket(struct svc_sock *);
+void		svc_force_close_socket(struct svc_sock *);
 int		svc_recv(struct svc_rqst *, long);
 int		svc_send(struct svc_rqst *);
 void		svc_drop(struct svc_rqst *);
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/svc.c b/net/sunrpc/svc.c
index 8353829bc5c6ab89218eb906405537079a52f7e8..f960b138236fceac6c5fa78e187c17103dd88b6c 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/svc.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/svc.c
@@ -367,6 +367,7 @@ void
 svc_destroy(struct svc_serv *serv)
 {
 	struct svc_sock	*svsk;
+	struct svc_sock *tmp;
 
 	dprintk("svc: svc_destroy(%s, %d)\n",
 				serv->sv_program->pg_name,
@@ -382,21 +383,17 @@ svc_destroy(struct svc_serv *serv)
 
 	del_timer_sync(&serv->sv_temptimer);
 
-	while (!list_empty(&serv->sv_tempsocks)) {
-		svsk = list_entry(serv->sv_tempsocks.next,
-				  struct svc_sock,
-				  sk_list);
-		svc_close_socket(svsk);
-	}
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(svsk, tmp, &serv->sv_tempsocks, sk_list)
+		svc_force_close_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,
-				  sk_list);
-		svc_close_socket(svsk);
-	}
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(svsk, tmp, &serv->sv_permsocks, sk_list)
+		svc_force_close_socket(svsk);
+
+	BUG_ON(!list_empty(&serv->sv_permsocks));
+	BUG_ON(!list_empty(&serv->sv_tempsocks));
 
 	cache_clean_deferred(serv);
 
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/svcsock.c b/net/sunrpc/svcsock.c
index e957ce55fd9109542dd9ec6f1aa63f689fc035d7..f6e1eb1ea7201dc3796b0058701af81627f7761d 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/svcsock.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/svcsock.c
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ static void		svc_delete_socket(struct svc_sock *svsk);
 static void		svc_udp_data_ready(struct sock *, int);
 static int		svc_udp_recvfrom(struct svc_rqst *);
 static int		svc_udp_sendto(struct svc_rqst *);
+static void		svc_close_socket(struct svc_sock *svsk);
 
 static struct svc_deferred_req *svc_deferred_dequeue(struct svc_sock *svsk);
 static int svc_deferred_recv(struct svc_rqst *rqstp);
@@ -1787,7 +1788,7 @@ svc_delete_socket(struct svc_sock *svsk)
 	spin_unlock_bh(&serv->sv_lock);
 }
 
-void svc_close_socket(struct svc_sock *svsk)
+static void svc_close_socket(struct svc_sock *svsk)
 {
 	set_bit(SK_CLOSE, &svsk->sk_flags);
 	if (test_and_set_bit(SK_BUSY, &svsk->sk_flags))
@@ -1800,6 +1801,19 @@ void svc_close_socket(struct svc_sock *svsk)
 	svc_sock_put(svsk);
 }
 
+void svc_force_close_socket(struct svc_sock *svsk)
+{
+	set_bit(SK_CLOSE, &svsk->sk_flags);
+	if (test_bit(SK_BUSY, &svsk->sk_flags)) {
+		/* Waiting to be processed, but no threads left,
+		 * So just remove it from the waiting list
+		 */
+		list_del_init(&svsk->sk_ready);
+		clear_bit(SK_BUSY, &svsk->sk_flags);
+	}
+	svc_close_socket(svsk);
+}
+
 /**
  * svc_makesock - Make a socket for nfsd and lockd
  * @serv: RPC server structure