diff --git a/fs/nfs/inode.c b/fs/nfs/inode.c
index c709c296ea9a..acef52ecb1bb 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/inode.c
@@ -2429,7 +2429,12 @@ static int nfs_net_init(struct net *net)
 	struct nfs_net *nn = net_generic(net, nfs_net_id);
 
 	nfs_clients_init(net);
-	rpc_proc_register(net, &nn->rpcstats);
+
+	if (!rpc_proc_register(net, &nn->rpcstats)) {
+		nfs_clients_exit(net);
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+
 	return nfs_fs_proc_net_init(net);
 }
 
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c b/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
index bb9b747d58a1..ce18716491c8 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
@@ -2664,6 +2664,7 @@ static void xs_tcp_tls_setup_socket(struct work_struct *work)
 		.xprtsec	= {
 			.policy		= RPC_XPRTSEC_NONE,
 		},
+		.stats		= upper_clnt->cl_stats,
 	};
 	unsigned int pflags = current->flags;
 	struct rpc_clnt *lower_clnt;