diff --git a/net/sunrpc/clnt.c b/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
index d127bd747527..adf2990acebf 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
@@ -279,6 +279,14 @@ void rpc_clients_notifier_unregister(void)
 	return rpc_pipefs_notifier_unregister(&rpc_clients_block);
 }
 
+static void rpc_clnt_set_nodename(struct rpc_clnt *clnt, const char *nodename)
+{
+	clnt->cl_nodelen = strlen(nodename);
+	if (clnt->cl_nodelen > UNX_MAXNODENAME)
+		clnt->cl_nodelen = UNX_MAXNODENAME;
+	memcpy(clnt->cl_nodename, nodename, clnt->cl_nodelen);
+}
+
 static struct rpc_clnt * rpc_new_client(const struct rpc_create_args *args, struct rpc_xprt *xprt)
 {
 	const struct rpc_program *program = args->program;
@@ -359,10 +367,7 @@ static struct rpc_clnt * rpc_new_client(const struct rpc_create_args *args, stru
 	}
 
 	/* save the nodename */
-	clnt->cl_nodelen = strlen(init_utsname()->nodename);
-	if (clnt->cl_nodelen > UNX_MAXNODENAME)
-		clnt->cl_nodelen = UNX_MAXNODENAME;
-	memcpy(clnt->cl_nodename, init_utsname()->nodename, clnt->cl_nodelen);
+	rpc_clnt_set_nodename(clnt, utsname()->nodename);
 	rpc_register_client(clnt);
 	return clnt;
 
@@ -521,6 +526,7 @@ rpc_clone_client(struct rpc_clnt *clnt)
 	err = rpc_setup_pipedir(new, clnt->cl_program->pipe_dir_name);
 	if (err != 0)
 		goto out_no_path;
+	rpc_clnt_set_nodename(new, utsname()->nodename);
 	if (new->cl_auth)
 		atomic_inc(&new->cl_auth->au_count);
 	atomic_inc(&clnt->cl_count);