1 files changed, 17 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/cache.c b/net/sunrpc/cache.c
index bb1177395b99..c3c693b51c94 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/cache.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/cache.c
@@ -33,7 +33,9 @@
 #include <linux/sunrpc/stats.h>
 #include <linux/sunrpc/rpc_pipe_fs.h>
 #include <trace/events/sunrpc.h>
+
 #include "netns.h"
+#include "fail.h"
 
 #define	 RPCDBG_FACILITY RPCDBG_CACHE
 
@@ -688,16 +690,30 @@ static void cache_limit_defers(void)
 		discard->revisit(discard, 1);
 }
 
+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_FAIL_SUNRPC)
+static inline bool cache_defer_immediately(void)
+{
+	return !fail_sunrpc.ignore_cache_wait &&
+		should_fail(&fail_sunrpc.attr, 1);
+}
+#else
+static inline bool cache_defer_immediately(void)
+{
+	return false;
+}
+#endif
+
 /* Return true if and only if a deferred request is queued. */
 static bool cache_defer_req(struct cache_req *req, struct cache_head *item)
 {
 	struct cache_deferred_req *dreq;
 
-	if (req->thread_wait) {
+	if (!cache_defer_immediately()) {
 		cache_wait_req(req, item);
 		if (!test_bit(CACHE_PENDING, &item->flags))
 			return false;
 	}
+
 	dreq = req->defer(req);
 	if (dreq == NULL)
 		return false;