diff --git a/fork-start-statd.patch b/fork-start-statd.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c88a2a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fork-start-statd.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+Index: nfs-utils-1.1.3/utils/mount/network.c
+===================================================================
+--- nfs-utils-1.1.3.orig/utils/mount/network.c
++++ nfs-utils-1.1.3/utils/mount/network.c
+@@ -694,7 +694,18 @@ int start_statd(void)
+ #ifdef START_STATD
+ 	if (stat(START_STATD, &stb) == 0) {
+ 		if (S_ISREG(stb.st_mode) && (stb.st_mode & S_IXUSR)) {
+-			system(START_STATD);
++			pid_t pid = fork();
++			switch (pid) {
++			case 0: /* child */
++				execl(START_STATD, START_STATD, NULL);
++				exit(1);
++			case -1: /* error */
++				perror("Fork failed");
++				break;
++			default: /* parent */
++				waitpid(pid, NULL,0);
++				break;
++			}
+ 			if (probe_statd())
+ 				return 1;
+ 		}
+Index: nfs-utils-1.1.3/utils/statd/start-statd
+===================================================================
+--- nfs-utils-1.1.3.orig/utils/statd/start-statd
++++ nfs-utils-1.1.3/utils/statd/start-statd
+@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
+-#!/bin/sh
++#!/bin/sh -p
+ # nfsmount calls this script when mounting a filesystem with locking
+ # enabled, but when statd does not seem to be running (based on
+ # /var/run/rpc.statd.pid).
diff --git a/nfs-utils.changes b/nfs-utils.changes
index 0fb2ab1..267a668 100644
--- a/nfs-utils.changes
+++ b/nfs-utils.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,25 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Nov 25 06:10:31 CET 2008 - nfbrown@suse.de
+
+- nfs.init
+  * Don't 'stop' if root is on NFS.
+  If we stop NFS if root is on NFS, then
+  reboot will hang - bnc#439974
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Nov 24 00:01:51 CET 2008 - nfbrown@suse.de
+
+- nfs.init
+  * Don't try to kill processes with fuser.
+  it hangs when netowrk is down, and isn't
+  needed as we use lazy unmount
+  bnc#445908
+  * Don't kill statd if nfsd is still running.
+- fork-start-statd.patch
+  * Don't use 'system' to run start-statd
+  as this looses our setuid bit.
+  bnc#447812
+ 
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Nov 21 11:45:58 CET 2008 - hare@suse.de
 
diff --git a/nfs-utils.spec b/nfs-utils.spec
index 636406a..e402fd4 100644
--- a/nfs-utils.spec
+++ b/nfs-utils.spec
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ BuildRequires:  libevent
 Url:            http://nfs.sourceforge.net
 Summary:        Support Utilities for Kernel nfsd
 Version:        1.1.3
-Release:        12
+Release:        13
 Group:          Productivity/Networking/NFS
 License:        GPL v2 or later
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ Patch1:         nfs-utils-1.1.2-try-before-mount.patch
 Patch2:         nfs-utils-1.1.2-connect-UDP.patch
 Patch3:         sm-notify-no-sync.patch
 Patch4:         rpc.gssd-catch-signal.patch
+Patch5:         fork-start-statd.patch
 
 %description
 This package contains the NFS utilities. You can tune the number of
@@ -132,6 +133,7 @@ Authors:
 %patch2 -p1
 %patch3 -p1
 %patch4 -p1
+%patch5 -p1
 cp %{S:6} .
 
 %build
@@ -290,6 +292,22 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %doc nfs/*.html nfs/*.ps linux-nfs/* README.NFSv4
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Nov 25 2008 nfbrown@suse.de
+- nfs.init
+  * Don't 'stop' if root is on NFS.
+  If we stop NFS if root is on NFS, then
+  reboot will hang - bnc#439974
+* Mon Nov 24 2008 nfbrown@suse.de
+- nfs.init
+  * Don't try to kill processes with fuser.
+  it hangs when netowrk is down, and isn't
+  needed as we use lazy unmount
+  bnc#445908
+  * Don't kill statd if nfsd is still running.
+- fork-start-statd.patch
+  * Don't use 'system' to run start-statd
+  as this looses our setuid bit.
+  bnc#447812
 * Fri Nov 21 2008 hare@suse.de
 - export ROOTFS_FSCK=0 to skip fsck for root on NFS (bnc#441234)
 * Thu Nov 20 2008 nfbrown@suse.de
diff --git a/nfs.init b/nfs.init
index d5d0615..3ff0c54 100644
--- a/nfs.init
+++ b/nfs.init
@@ -131,20 +131,6 @@ mount_usr() {
     done
 }
 
-close_usr() {
-    test -n "$usr" -o -n "$opt" -o -n "$mnt" || return
-    local -i proc=0
-    local where
-    for where in $usr $opt $mnt ; do
-	fuser -skm -TERM $where && let proc++
-    done
-    test $proc -eq 0 && return
-    sleep 5
-    for where in $usr $opt $mnt ; do
-	fuser -skm -KILL $where
-    done
-}
-
 do_start_gssd() {
     for flavor in $flavors; do
         /sbin/modprobe rpcsec_gss_$flavor
@@ -244,17 +230,16 @@ case "$1-$nfs" in
     stop-yes)
 	echo -n "Shutting down NFS client services:"
 
-	# in case we have /usr and/or /opt via nfs terminate all
-	# processes on them (nfsservers shouldn't do /usr via nfs)
-	case "$RUNLEVEL" in
-	[016sS]) close_usr ;;
-	esac
+	rootfs=`awk '$2 == "/" && $1 != "rootfs" {print $3}' /proc/mounts`
+
+	if test x$rootfs = xnfs ; then
+	    echo -n " root filesystem is on NFS"
+	    rc_status -s
+	else
+
 
-	#
-	# Unmount background because during long timeouts
-	#
 	if test "$nfs" = yes ; then
-	    umount -alt nfs,nfs4 &
+	    umount -alt nfs,nfs4
 	fi
 
 	# stop gssd
@@ -273,16 +258,19 @@ case "$1-$nfs" in
 	    rm -f $IDMAPD_CLIENT_STATE
 	fi 
 
-	# stop rpc.statd
+	# stop rpc.statd if not needed by server
 	if checkproc $STATD_BIN ; then
-	    echo -n " rpc.statd"
-	    killproc $STATD_BIN
+            if [ `cat /proc/fs/nfsd/threads 2> /dev/null`0 -eq 0 ]; then
+	      echo -n " rpc.statd"
+	      killproc $STATD_BIN
+	    fi
 	fi
 
 	umount_rpc_pipefs
 
 	#
 	rc_status -v
+	fi
 	;;
     restart*|force-reload*)
         ## Stop the service and regardless of whether it was