This commit: fd01b2597941 SUNRPC: ECONNREFUSED should cause a rebind.(originally applied to v4.14-rc1) didn't appear to get a stable cc, perhaps because it wasn't considered a common problem at the time.
A patch I'm shortly about to post, cc stable, depends on the above, so could it please be cherry-picked for stable?
It applies cleanly to both v4.4.240 & v4.9.240 thank you, calum.