diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c
index 01168865dd37395a047cbeeb0175d7c8a5b80f88..2a2745615b42622d39aa6532e03ce47198e68298 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c
@@ -3138,10 +3138,9 @@ nfsd4_encode_rename(struct nfsd4_compoundres *resp, __be32 nfserr, struct nfsd4_
 
 static __be32
 nfsd4_do_encode_secinfo(struct nfsd4_compoundres *resp,
-			 __be32 nfserr,struct svc_export *exp)
+			 __be32 nfserr, struct svc_export *exp)
 {
-	int i = 0;
-	u32 nflavs;
+	u32 i, nflavs;
 	struct exp_flavor_info *flavs;
 	struct exp_flavor_info def_flavs[2];
 	__be32 *p;
@@ -3172,30 +3171,29 @@ nfsd4_do_encode_secinfo(struct nfsd4_compoundres *resp,
 	WRITE32(nflavs);
 	ADJUST_ARGS();
 	for (i = 0; i < nflavs; i++) {
-		u32 flav = flavs[i].pseudoflavor;
-		struct gss_api_mech *gm = gss_mech_get_by_pseudoflavor(flav);
+		struct rpcsec_gss_info info;
 
-		if (gm) {
+		if (rpcauth_get_gssinfo(flavs[i].pseudoflavor, &info) == 0) {
 			RESERVE_SPACE(4);
 			WRITE32(RPC_AUTH_GSS);
 			ADJUST_ARGS();
-			RESERVE_SPACE(4 + gm->gm_oid.len);
-			WRITE32(gm->gm_oid.len);
-			WRITEMEM(gm->gm_oid.data, gm->gm_oid.len);
+			RESERVE_SPACE(4 + info.oid.len);
+			WRITE32(info.oid.len);
+			WRITEMEM(info.oid.data, info.oid.len);
 			ADJUST_ARGS();
 			RESERVE_SPACE(4);
-			WRITE32(0); /* qop */
+			WRITE32(info.qop);
 			ADJUST_ARGS();
 			RESERVE_SPACE(4);
-			WRITE32(gss_pseudoflavor_to_service(gm, flav));
+			WRITE32(info.service);
 			ADJUST_ARGS();
-			gss_mech_put(gm);
 		} else {
 			RESERVE_SPACE(4);
-			WRITE32(flav);
+			WRITE32(flavs[i].pseudoflavor);
 			ADJUST_ARGS();
 		}
 	}
+
 out:
 	if (exp)
 		exp_put(exp);
diff --git a/include/linux/sunrpc/auth.h b/include/linux/sunrpc/auth.h
index 6851da4cb416566f731e0778f945ca094c2ed719..0dd00f4f681046018f25292cc288632dc2593caa 100644
--- a/include/linux/sunrpc/auth.h
+++ b/include/linux/sunrpc/auth.h
@@ -106,6 +106,8 @@ struct rpc_authops {
 	void			(*pipes_destroy)(struct rpc_auth *);
 	int			(*list_pseudoflavors)(rpc_authflavor_t *, int);
 	rpc_authflavor_t	(*info2flavor)(struct rpcsec_gss_info *);
+	int			(*flavor2info)(rpc_authflavor_t,
+						struct rpcsec_gss_info *);
 };
 
 struct rpc_credops {
@@ -142,6 +144,8 @@ struct rpc_auth *	rpcauth_create(rpc_authflavor_t, struct rpc_clnt *);
 void			rpcauth_release(struct rpc_auth *);
 rpc_authflavor_t	rpcauth_get_pseudoflavor(rpc_authflavor_t,
 				struct rpcsec_gss_info *);
+int			rpcauth_get_gssinfo(rpc_authflavor_t,
+				struct rpcsec_gss_info *);
 int			rpcauth_list_flavors(rpc_authflavor_t *, int);
 struct rpc_cred *	rpcauth_lookup_credcache(struct rpc_auth *, struct auth_cred *, int);
 void			rpcauth_init_cred(struct rpc_cred *, const struct auth_cred *, struct rpc_auth *, const struct rpc_credops *);
diff --git a/include/linux/sunrpc/gss_api.h b/include/linux/sunrpc/gss_api.h
index 96e5a81a54d754fd71f7b52ab13908103920380d..fca23380e667e61a015beb854218fe5322bacd44 100644
--- a/include/linux/sunrpc/gss_api.h
+++ b/include/linux/sunrpc/gss_api.h
@@ -133,6 +133,9 @@ void gss_mech_unregister(struct gss_api_mech *);
 /* Given a GSS security tuple, look up a pseudoflavor */
 rpc_authflavor_t gss_mech_info2flavor(struct rpcsec_gss_info *);
 
+/* Given a pseudoflavor, look up a GSS security tuple */
+int gss_mech_flavor2info(rpc_authflavor_t, struct rpcsec_gss_info *);
+
 /* Returns a reference to a mechanism, given a name like "krb5" etc. */
 struct gss_api_mech *gss_mech_get_by_name(const char *);
 
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/auth.c b/net/sunrpc/auth.c
index 9b81be8d9946460f2576b8b9c8d6926ac7d456fe..2bc0cc2196e030adbec8cdcb37e40c6b72130209 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/auth.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/auth.c
@@ -158,6 +158,41 @@ rpcauth_get_pseudoflavor(rpc_authflavor_t flavor, struct rpcsec_gss_info *info)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rpcauth_get_pseudoflavor);
 
+/**
+ * rpcauth_get_gssinfo - find GSS tuple matching a GSS pseudoflavor
+ * @pseudoflavor: GSS pseudoflavor to match
+ * @info: rpcsec_gss_info structure to fill in
+ *
+ * Returns zero and fills in "info" if pseudoflavor matches a
+ * supported mechanism.
+ */
+int
+rpcauth_get_gssinfo(rpc_authflavor_t pseudoflavor, struct rpcsec_gss_info *info)
+{
+	rpc_authflavor_t flavor = pseudoflavor_to_flavor(pseudoflavor);
+	const struct rpc_authops *ops;
+	int result;
+
+	ops = auth_flavors[flavor];
+	if (ops == NULL)
+		request_module("rpc-auth-%u", flavor);
+	spin_lock(&rpc_authflavor_lock);
+	ops = auth_flavors[flavor];
+	if (ops == NULL || !try_module_get(ops->owner)) {
+		spin_unlock(&rpc_authflavor_lock);
+		return -ENOENT;
+	}
+	spin_unlock(&rpc_authflavor_lock);
+
+	result = -ENOENT;
+	if (ops->flavor2info != NULL)
+		result = ops->flavor2info(pseudoflavor, info);
+
+	module_put(ops->owner);
+	return result;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rpcauth_get_gssinfo);
+
 /**
  * rpcauth_list_flavors - discover registered flavors and pseudoflavors
  * @array: array to fill in
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/auth_gss.c b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/auth_gss.c
index a7420076ef39434aa8598a2882d05a7626f791e5..51415b07174eefd305623173ea40ddaad9b52ba2 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/auth_gss.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/auth_gss.c
@@ -1642,6 +1642,7 @@ static const struct rpc_authops authgss_ops = {
 	.pipes_destroy	= gss_pipes_dentries_destroy,
 	.list_pseudoflavors = gss_mech_list_pseudoflavors,
 	.info2flavor	= gss_mech_info2flavor,
+	.flavor2info	= gss_mech_flavor2info,
 };
 
 static const struct rpc_credops gss_credops = {
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_mech_switch.c b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_mech_switch.c
index 81fb6f3e2424c5f17951c7acc2f04692adaa851b..deaa7ae81cdf60835c6132188a51bf323ee264fb 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_mech_switch.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_mech_switch.c
@@ -240,8 +240,6 @@ gss_mech_get_by_pseudoflavor(u32 pseudoflavor)
 	return gm;
 }
 
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(gss_mech_get_by_pseudoflavor);
-
 /**
  * gss_mech_list_pseudoflavors - Discover registered GSS pseudoflavors
  * @array: array to fill in
@@ -315,6 +313,39 @@ rpc_authflavor_t gss_mech_info2flavor(struct rpcsec_gss_info *info)
 	return pseudoflavor;
 }
 
+/**
+ * gss_mech_flavor2info - look up a GSS tuple for a given pseudoflavor
+ * @pseudoflavor: GSS pseudoflavor to match
+ * @info: rpcsec_gss_info structure to fill in
+ *
+ * Returns zero and fills in "info" if pseudoflavor matches a
+ * supported mechanism.  Otherwise a negative errno is returned.
+ */
+int gss_mech_flavor2info(rpc_authflavor_t pseudoflavor,
+			 struct rpcsec_gss_info *info)
+{
+	struct gss_api_mech *gm;
+	int i;
+
+	gm = gss_mech_get_by_pseudoflavor(pseudoflavor);
+	if (gm == NULL)
+		return -ENOENT;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < gm->gm_pf_num; i++) {
+		if (gm->gm_pfs[i].pseudoflavor == pseudoflavor) {
+			memcpy(info->oid.data, gm->gm_oid.data, gm->gm_oid.len);
+			info->oid.len = gm->gm_oid.len;
+			info->qop = gm->gm_pfs[i].qop;
+			info->service = gm->gm_pfs[i].service;
+			gss_mech_put(gm);
+			return 0;
+		}
+	}
+
+	gss_mech_put(gm);
+	return -ENOENT;
+}
+
 u32
 gss_pseudoflavor_to_service(struct gss_api_mech *gm, u32 pseudoflavor)
 {