diff --git a/SOURCES/nfs-utils-2.3.3-mountd-v4clnts.patch b/SOURCES/nfs-utils-2.3.3-mountd-v4clnts.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..95aec88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SOURCES/nfs-utils-2.3.3-mountd-v4clnts.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+diff -up nfs-utils-2.3.3/support/export/v4clients.c.orig nfs-utils-2.3.3/support/export/v4clients.c
+--- nfs-utils-2.3.3/support/export/v4clients.c.orig	2022-09-26 11:36:22.803929066 -0400
++++ nfs-utils-2.3.3/support/export/v4clients.c	2022-09-26 11:38:38.221187835 -0400
+@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
+ #include <unistd.h>
+ #include <stdlib.h>
+ #include <sys/inotify.h>
++#include <sys/stat.h>
+ #include <errno.h>
+ #include "export.h"
+ 
+@@ -23,6 +24,12 @@ static int clients_fd = -1;
+ 
+ void v4clients_init(void)
+ {
++	struct stat sb;
++
++	if (!stat("/proc/fs/nfsd/clients", &sb) == 0 ||
++		!S_ISDIR(sb.st_mode))
++		return;
++
+ 	if (clients_fd >= 0)
+ 		return;
+ 	clients_fd = inotify_init1(IN_NONBLOCK);
diff --git a/SPECS/nfs-utils.spec b/SPECS/nfs-utils.spec
index 66786ba..151b250 100644
--- a/SPECS/nfs-utils.spec
+++ b/SPECS/nfs-utils.spec
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Summary: NFS utilities and supporting clients and daemons for the kernel NFS ser
 Name: nfs-utils
 URL: http://linux-nfs.org/
 Version: 2.3.3
-Release: 57%{?dist}
+Release: 57%{?dist}.1
 Epoch: 1
 
 # group all 32bit related archs
@@ -103,6 +103,11 @@ Patch053: nfs-utils-2.3.3-rpcctl-subparser.patch
 Patch054: nfs-utils-2.3.3-rpcctl-posixpath.patch
 Patch055: nfs-utils-2.3.3-systemd-rpcstatd.patch
 
+#
+# RHEL 8.7.z
+#
+Patch056: nfs-utils-2.3.3-mountd-v4clnts.patch
+
 Patch100: nfs-utils-1.2.1-statdpath-man.patch
 Patch101: nfs-utils-1.2.1-exp-subtree-warn-off.patch
 Patch102: nfs-utils-2.3.3-idmap-errmsg.patch
@@ -380,6 +385,9 @@ fi
 %{_libdir}/libnfsidmap.so
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Dec 7 2022 Steve Dickson <steved@redhat.com> 2.3.3-57_7.1
+- mountd: Check 'nfsd/clients' directory presence (bz 2150899)
+
 * Tue Aug  2 2022 Steve Dickson <steved@redhat.com> 2.3.3-57
 - rpc-statd.service: Stop rpcbind and rpc.stat in an exit race (bz 2100395)