diff --git a/sys/fs/nfs/nfscl.h b/sys/fs/nfs/nfscl.h
index fd893153ddcc..903efb2e468e 100644
--- a/sys/fs/nfs/nfscl.h
+++ b/sys/fs/nfs/nfscl.h
@@ -60,7 +60,8 @@ struct nfsv4node {
 #define	NFSCL_LEASE(r)	((r) * 2)
 
 /* This macro checks to see if a forced dismount is about to occur. */
-#define	NFSCL_FORCEDISM(m)	(((m)->mnt_kern_flag & MNTK_UNMOUNTF) != 0)
+#define	NFSCL_FORCEDISM(m)	(((m)->mnt_kern_flag & MNTK_UNMOUNTF) != 0 || \
+    (VFSTONFS(m)->nm_privflag & NFSMNTP_FORCEDISM) != 0)
 
 /*
  * These flag bits are used for the argument to nfscl_fillsattr() to
diff --git a/sys/fs/nfsclient/nfs_clport.c b/sys/fs/nfsclient/nfs_clport.c
index e49382ea6783..c22d87227b2f 100644
--- a/sys/fs/nfsclient/nfs_clport.c
+++ b/sys/fs/nfsclient/nfs_clport.c
@@ -1311,6 +1311,8 @@ nfssvc_nfscl(struct thread *td, struct nfssvc_args *uap)
 	cap_rights_t rights;
 	char *buf;
 	int error;
+	struct mount *mp;
+	struct nfsmount *nmp;
 
 	if (uap->flag & NFSSVC_CBADDSOCK) {
 		error = copyin(uap->argp, (caddr_t)&nfscbdarg, sizeof(nfscbdarg));
@@ -1365,6 +1367,56 @@ nfssvc_nfscl(struct thread *td, struct nfssvc_args *uap)
 			    dumpmntopts.ndmnt_blen);
 			free(buf, M_TEMP);
 		}
+	} else if (uap->flag & NFSSVC_FORCEDISM) {
+		buf = malloc(MNAMELEN + 1, M_TEMP, M_WAITOK);
+		error = copyinstr(uap->argp, buf, MNAMELEN + 1, NULL);
+		if (error == 0) {
+			nmp = NULL;
+			mtx_lock(&mountlist_mtx);
+			TAILQ_FOREACH(mp, &mountlist, mnt_list) {
+				if (strcmp(mp->mnt_stat.f_mntonname, buf) ==
+				    0 && strcmp(mp->mnt_stat.f_fstypename,
+				    "nfs") == 0 && mp->mnt_data != NULL) {
+					nmp = VFSTONFS(mp);
+					mtx_lock(&nmp->nm_mtx);
+					if ((nmp->nm_privflag &
+					    NFSMNTP_FORCEDISM) == 0) {
+						nmp->nm_privflag |= 
+						   (NFSMNTP_FORCEDISM |
+						    NFSMNTP_CANCELRPCS);
+						mtx_unlock(&nmp->nm_mtx);
+					} else {
+						nmp = NULL;
+						mtx_unlock(&nmp->nm_mtx);
+					}
+					break;
+				}
+			}
+			mtx_unlock(&mountlist_mtx);
+
+			if (nmp != NULL) {
+				/*
+				 * Call newnfs_nmcancelreqs() to cause
+				 * any RPCs in progress on the mount point to
+				 * fail.
+				 * This will cause any process waiting for an
+				 * RPC to complete while holding a vnode lock
+				 * on the mounted-on vnode (such as "df" or
+				 * a non-forced "umount") to fail.
+				 * This will unlock the mounted-on vnode so
+				 * a forced dismount can succeed.
+				 * Then clear NFSMNTP_CANCELRPCS and wakeup(),
+				 * so that nfs_unmount() can complete.
+				 */
+				newnfs_nmcancelreqs(nmp);
+				mtx_lock(&nmp->nm_mtx);
+				nmp->nm_privflag &= ~NFSMNTP_CANCELRPCS;
+				wakeup(nmp);
+				mtx_unlock(&nmp->nm_mtx);
+			} else
+				error = EINVAL;
+		}
+		free(buf, M_TEMP);
 	} else {
 		error = EINVAL;
 	}
diff --git a/sys/fs/nfsclient/nfs_clvfsops.c b/sys/fs/nfsclient/nfs_clvfsops.c
index ba65c008fbc6..fc22c8d7e8f2 100644
--- a/sys/fs/nfsclient/nfs_clvfsops.c
+++ b/sys/fs/nfsclient/nfs_clvfsops.c
@@ -1698,6 +1698,11 @@ nfs_unmount(struct mount *mp, int mntflags)
 	 */
 	if ((mntflags & MNT_FORCE) == 0)
 		nfscl_umount(nmp, td);
+	else {
+		mtx_lock(&nmp->nm_mtx);
+		nmp->nm_privflag |= NFSMNTP_FORCEDISM;
+		mtx_unlock(&nmp->nm_mtx);
+	}
 	/* Make sure no nfsiods are assigned to this mount. */
 	mtx_lock(&ncl_iod_mutex);
 	for (i = 0; i < NFS_MAXASYNCDAEMON; i++)
@@ -1706,6 +1711,19 @@ nfs_unmount(struct mount *mp, int mntflags)
 			ncl_iodmount[i] = NULL;
 		}
 	mtx_unlock(&ncl_iod_mutex);
+
+	/*
+	 * We can now set mnt_data to NULL and wait for
+	 * nfssvc(NFSSVC_FORCEDISM) to complete.
+	 */
+	mtx_lock(&mountlist_mtx);
+	mtx_lock(&nmp->nm_mtx);
+	mp->mnt_data = NULL;
+	mtx_unlock(&mountlist_mtx);
+	while ((nmp->nm_privflag & NFSMNTP_CANCELRPCS) != 0)
+		msleep(nmp, &nmp->nm_mtx, PVFS, "nfsfdism", 0);
+	mtx_unlock(&nmp->nm_mtx);
+
 	newnfs_disconnect(&nmp->nm_sockreq);
 	crfree(nmp->nm_sockreq.nr_cred);
 	FREE(nmp->nm_nam, M_SONAME);
diff --git a/sys/fs/nfsclient/nfsmount.h b/sys/fs/nfsclient/nfsmount.h
index aa544ac39a59..7f1422a2278f 100644
--- a/sys/fs/nfsclient/nfsmount.h
+++ b/sys/fs/nfsclient/nfsmount.h
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
  */
 struct	nfsmount {
 	struct	nfsmount_common nm_com;	/* Common fields for nlm */
+	uint32_t nm_privflag;		/* Private flags */
 	int	nm_numgrps;		/* Max. size of groupslist */
 	u_char	nm_fh[NFSX_FHMAX];	/* File handle of root dir */
 	int	nm_fhsize;		/* Size of root file handle */
@@ -99,6 +100,10 @@ struct	nfsmount {
 #define	nm_getinfo	nm_com.nmcom_getinfo
 #define	nm_vinvalbuf	nm_com.nmcom_vinvalbuf
 
+/* Private flags. */
+#define	NFSMNTP_FORCEDISM	0x00000001
+#define	NFSMNTP_CANCELRPCS	0x00000002
+
 #define	NFSMNT_DIRPATH(m)	(&((m)->nm_name[(m)->nm_krbnamelen + 1]))
 #define	NFSMNT_SRVKRBNAME(m)						\
 	(&((m)->nm_name[(m)->nm_krbnamelen + (m)->nm_dirpathlen + 2]))
diff --git a/sys/nfs/nfs_nfssvc.c b/sys/nfs/nfs_nfssvc.c
index 1f2cdaf3f9d8..8c49a61f808c 100644
--- a/sys/nfs/nfs_nfssvc.c
+++ b/sys/nfs/nfs_nfssvc.c
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ sys_nfssvc(struct thread *td, struct nfssvc_args *uap)
 	    nfsd_call_nfsserver != NULL)
 		error = (*nfsd_call_nfsserver)(td, uap);
 	else if ((uap->flag & (NFSSVC_CBADDSOCK | NFSSVC_NFSCBD |
-	    NFSSVC_DUMPMNTOPTS)) && nfsd_call_nfscl != NULL)
+	    NFSSVC_DUMPMNTOPTS | NFSSVC_FORCEDISM)) && nfsd_call_nfscl != NULL)
 		error = (*nfsd_call_nfscl)(td, uap);
 	else if ((uap->flag & (NFSSVC_IDNAME | NFSSVC_GETSTATS |
 	    NFSSVC_GSSDADDPORT | NFSSVC_GSSDADDFIRST | NFSSVC_GSSDDELETEALL |
diff --git a/sys/nfs/nfssvc.h b/sys/nfs/nfssvc.h
index 4b51f7b02719..61ed1a3e7a43 100644
--- a/sys/nfs/nfssvc.h
+++ b/sys/nfs/nfssvc.h
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@
 #define	NFSSVC_RESUMENFSD	0x08000000
 #define	NFSSVC_DUMPMNTOPTS	0x10000000
 #define	NFSSVC_NEWSTRUCT	0x20000000
+#define	NFSSVC_FORCEDISM	0x40000000
 
 /* Argument structure for NFSSVC_DUMPMNTOPTS. */
 struct nfscl_dumpmntopts {
diff --git a/sys/sys/param.h b/sys/sys/param.h
index ecd5c2c3f9b1..8e0ba789eb3a 100644
--- a/sys/sys/param.h
+++ b/sys/sys/param.h
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
  *		in the range 5 to 9.
  */
 #undef __FreeBSD_version
-#define __FreeBSD_version 1200039	/* Master, propagated to newvers */
+#define __FreeBSD_version 1200040	/* Master, propagated to newvers */
 
 /*
  * __FreeBSD_kernel__ indicates that this system uses the kernel of FreeBSD,