diff --git a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/auth_gss.c b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/auth_gss.c
index e34af68..7385431 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/auth_gss.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/auth_gss.c
@@ -1346,6 +1346,26 @@
 	return err;
 }
 
+static char *
+gss_stringify_acceptor(struct rpc_cred *cred)
+{
+	char *string;
+	struct gss_cred *gss_cred = container_of(cred, struct gss_cred, gc_base);
+	struct xdr_netobj *acceptor = &gss_cred->gc_ctx->gc_acceptor;
+
+	/* no point if there's no string */
+	if (!acceptor->len)
+		return NULL;
+
+	string = kmalloc(acceptor->len + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!string)
+		return string;
+
+	memcpy(string, acceptor->data, acceptor->len);
+	string[acceptor->len] = '\0';
+	return string;
+}
+
 /*
  * Returns -EACCES if GSS context is NULL or will expire within the
  * timeout (miliseconds)
@@ -1923,29 +1943,31 @@
 };
 
 static const struct rpc_credops gss_credops = {
-	.cr_name	= "AUTH_GSS",
-	.crdestroy	= gss_destroy_cred,
-	.cr_init	= gss_cred_init,
-	.crbind		= rpcauth_generic_bind_cred,
-	.crmatch	= gss_match,
-	.crmarshal	= gss_marshal,
-	.crrefresh	= gss_refresh,
-	.crvalidate	= gss_validate,
-	.crwrap_req	= gss_wrap_req,
-	.crunwrap_resp	= gss_unwrap_resp,
-	.crkey_timeout	= gss_key_timeout,
+	.cr_name		= "AUTH_GSS",
+	.crdestroy		= gss_destroy_cred,
+	.cr_init		= gss_cred_init,
+	.crbind			= rpcauth_generic_bind_cred,
+	.crmatch		= gss_match,
+	.crmarshal		= gss_marshal,
+	.crrefresh		= gss_refresh,
+	.crvalidate		= gss_validate,
+	.crwrap_req		= gss_wrap_req,
+	.crunwrap_resp		= gss_unwrap_resp,
+	.crkey_timeout		= gss_key_timeout,
+	.crstringify_acceptor	= gss_stringify_acceptor,
 };
 
 static const struct rpc_credops gss_nullops = {
-	.cr_name	= "AUTH_GSS",
-	.crdestroy	= gss_destroy_nullcred,
-	.crbind		= rpcauth_generic_bind_cred,
-	.crmatch	= gss_match,
-	.crmarshal	= gss_marshal,
-	.crrefresh	= gss_refresh_null,
-	.crvalidate	= gss_validate,
-	.crwrap_req	= gss_wrap_req,
-	.crunwrap_resp	= gss_unwrap_resp,
+	.cr_name		= "AUTH_GSS",
+	.crdestroy		= gss_destroy_nullcred,
+	.crbind			= rpcauth_generic_bind_cred,
+	.crmatch		= gss_match,
+	.crmarshal		= gss_marshal,
+	.crrefresh		= gss_refresh_null,
+	.crvalidate		= gss_validate,
+	.crwrap_req		= gss_wrap_req,
+	.crunwrap_resp		= gss_unwrap_resp,
+	.crstringify_acceptor	= gss_stringify_acceptor,
 };
 
 static const struct rpc_pipe_ops gss_upcall_ops_v0 = {