diff --git a/fs/nfs/super.c b/fs/nfs/super.c
index c4ee8b3a27c..ea4abd266a7 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/super.c
@@ -1195,14 +1195,9 @@ static int nfs_try_mount(struct nfs_parsed_mount_data *args,
 	return status;
 }
 
-/*
- * Split "dev_name" into "hostname:export_path".
- *
- * Note: caller frees hostname and export path, even on error.
- */
-static int nfs_parse_devname(const char *dev_name,
-			     char **hostname, size_t maxnamlen,
-			     char **export_path, size_t maxpathlen)
+static int nfs_parse_simple_hostname(const char *dev_name,
+				     char **hostname, size_t maxnamlen,
+				     char **export_path, size_t maxpathlen)
 {
 	size_t len;
 	char *colon, *comma;
@@ -1256,6 +1251,85 @@ out_path:
 	return -ENAMETOOLONG;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Hostname has square brackets around it because it contains one or
+ * more colons.  We look for the first closing square bracket, and a
+ * colon must follow it.
+ */
+static int nfs_parse_protected_hostname(const char *dev_name,
+					char **hostname, size_t maxnamlen,
+					char **export_path, size_t maxpathlen)
+{
+	size_t len;
+	char *start, *end;
+
+	start = (char *)(dev_name + 1);
+
+	end = strchr(start, ']');
+	if (end == NULL)
+		goto out_bad_devname;
+	if (*(end + 1) != ':')
+		goto out_bad_devname;
+
+	len = end - start;
+	if (len > maxnamlen)
+		goto out_hostname;
+
+	/* N.B. caller will free nfs_server.hostname in all cases */
+	*hostname = kstrndup(start, len, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (*hostname == NULL)
+		goto out_nomem;
+
+	end += 2;
+	len = strlen(end);
+	if (len > maxpathlen)
+		goto out_path;
+	*export_path = kstrndup(end, len, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!*export_path)
+		goto out_nomem;
+
+	return 0;
+
+out_bad_devname:
+	dfprintk(MOUNT, "NFS: device name not in host:path format\n");
+	return -EINVAL;
+
+out_nomem:
+	dfprintk(MOUNT, "NFS: not enough memory to parse device name\n");
+	return -ENOMEM;
+
+out_hostname:
+	dfprintk(MOUNT, "NFS: server hostname too long\n");
+	return -ENAMETOOLONG;
+
+out_path:
+	dfprintk(MOUNT, "NFS: export pathname too long\n");
+	return -ENAMETOOLONG;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Split "dev_name" into "hostname:export_path".
+ *
+ * The leftmost colon demarks the split between the server's hostname
+ * and the export path.  If the hostname starts with a left square
+ * bracket, then it may contain colons.
+ *
+ * Note: caller frees hostname and export path, even on error.
+ */
+static int nfs_parse_devname(const char *dev_name,
+			     char **hostname, size_t maxnamlen,
+			     char **export_path, size_t maxpathlen)
+{
+	if (*dev_name == '[')
+		return nfs_parse_protected_hostname(dev_name,
+						    hostname, maxnamlen,
+						    export_path, maxpathlen);
+
+	return nfs_parse_simple_hostname(dev_name,
+					 hostname, maxnamlen,
+					 export_path, maxpathlen);
+}
+
 /*
  * Validate the NFS2/NFS3 mount data
  * - fills in the mount root filehandle