diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
index 94c07875aa3f..a691fa10b3e9 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
@@ -4023,6 +4023,23 @@ static void test_fs_location_for_trunking(struct nfs4_fs_location *location,
 	}
 }
 
+static bool _is_same_nfs4_pathname(struct nfs4_pathname *path1,
+				   struct nfs4_pathname *path2)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	if (path1->ncomponents != path2->ncomponents)
+		return false;
+	for (i = 0; i < path1->ncomponents; i++) {
+		if (path1->components[i].len != path2->components[i].len)
+			return false;
+		if (memcmp(path1->components[i].data, path2->components[i].data,
+				path1->components[i].len))
+			return false;
+	}
+	return true;
+}
+
 static int _nfs4_discover_trunking(struct nfs_server *server,
 				   struct nfs_fh *fhandle)
 {
@@ -4056,9 +4073,13 @@ static int _nfs4_discover_trunking(struct nfs_server *server,
 	if (status)
 		goto out_free_3;
 
-	for (i = 0; i < locations->nlocations; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < locations->nlocations; i++) {
+		if (!_is_same_nfs4_pathname(&locations->fs_path,
+					&locations->locations[i].rootpath))
+			continue;
 		test_fs_location_for_trunking(&locations->locations[i], clp,
 					      server);
+	}
 out_free_3:
 	kfree(locations->fattr);
 out_free_2: