diff --git a/include/linux/sunrpc/svc.h b/include/linux/sunrpc/svc.h
index 86377506a514..6669f3eb9ed4 100644
--- a/include/linux/sunrpc/svc.h
+++ b/include/linux/sunrpc/svc.h
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ struct svc_pool {
 	spinlock_t		sp_lock;	/* protects sp_sockets */
 	struct list_head	sp_sockets;	/* pending sockets */
 	unsigned int		sp_nrthreads;	/* # of threads in pool */
+	unsigned long		*sp_busy_map;	/* running threads */
 	struct xarray		sp_thread_xa;
 
 	/* statistics on pool operation */
@@ -191,6 +192,8 @@ extern u32 svc_max_payload(const struct svc_rqst *rqstp);
 #define RPCSVC_MAXPAGES		((RPCSVC_MAXPAYLOAD+PAGE_SIZE-1)/PAGE_SIZE \
 				+ 2 + 1)
 
+#define RPCSVC_MAXPOOLTHREADS	(4096)
+
 /*
  * The context of a single thread, including the request currently being
  * processed.
@@ -240,8 +243,7 @@ struct svc_rqst {
 #define	RQ_SPLICE_OK	(4)			/* turned off in gss privacy
 						 * to prevent encrypting page
 						 * cache pages */
-#define	RQ_BUSY		(5)			/* request is busy */
-#define	RQ_DATA		(6)			/* request has data */
+#define	RQ_DATA		(5)			/* request has data */
 	unsigned long		rq_flags;	/* flags field */
 	u32			rq_thread_id;	/* xarray index */
 	ktime_t			rq_qtime;	/* enqueue time */
diff --git a/include/trace/events/sunrpc.h b/include/trace/events/sunrpc.h
index ea43c6059bdb..c07824a254bf 100644
--- a/include/trace/events/sunrpc.h
+++ b/include/trace/events/sunrpc.h
@@ -1676,7 +1676,6 @@ DEFINE_SVCXDRBUF_EVENT(sendto);
 	svc_rqst_flag(USEDEFERRAL)					\
 	svc_rqst_flag(DROPME)						\
 	svc_rqst_flag(SPLICE_OK)					\
-	svc_rqst_flag(BUSY)						\
 	svc_rqst_flag_end(DATA)
 
 #undef svc_rqst_flag
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/svc.c b/net/sunrpc/svc.c
index 109d7f047385..f6305b66fd28 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/svc.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/svc.c
@@ -509,6 +509,12 @@ __svc_create(struct svc_program *prog, unsigned int bufsize, int npools,
 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&pool->sp_sockets);
 		spin_lock_init(&pool->sp_lock);
 		xa_init_flags(&pool->sp_thread_xa, XA_FLAGS_ALLOC);
+		pool->sp_busy_map =
+			bitmap_alloc_node(RPCSVC_MAXPOOLTHREADS, GFP_KERNEL,
+					  svc_pool_map_get_node(i));
+		if (!pool->sp_busy_map)
+			return NULL;
+		bitmap_fill(pool->sp_busy_map, RPCSVC_MAXPOOLTHREADS);
 
 		percpu_counter_init(&pool->sp_messages_arrived, 0, GFP_KERNEL);
 		percpu_counter_init(&pool->sp_sockets_queued, 0, GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -598,6 +604,8 @@ svc_destroy(struct kref *ref)
 		percpu_counter_destroy(&pool->sp_threads_no_work);
 
 		xa_destroy(&pool->sp_thread_xa);
+		bitmap_free(pool->sp_busy_map);
+		pool->sp_busy_map = NULL;
 	}
 	kfree(serv->sv_pools);
 	kfree(serv);
@@ -649,7 +657,6 @@ svc_rqst_alloc(struct svc_serv *serv, struct svc_pool *pool, int node)
 
 	folio_batch_init(&rqstp->rq_fbatch);
 
-	__set_bit(RQ_BUSY, &rqstp->rq_flags);
 	rqstp->rq_server = serv;
 	rqstp->rq_pool = pool;
 
@@ -679,7 +686,7 @@ static struct svc_rqst *
 svc_prepare_thread(struct svc_serv *serv, struct svc_pool *pool, int node)
 {
 	struct xa_limit limit = {
-		.max = U32_MAX,
+		.max = RPCSVC_MAXPOOLTHREADS,
 	};
 	struct svc_rqst	*rqstp;
 	int ret;
@@ -724,12 +731,19 @@ struct svc_rqst *svc_pool_wake_idle_thread(struct svc_serv *serv,
 					   struct svc_pool *pool)
 {
 	struct svc_rqst	*rqstp;
-	unsigned long index;
+	unsigned long bit;
 
-	xa_for_each(&pool->sp_thread_xa, index, rqstp) {
-		if (test_and_set_bit(RQ_BUSY, &rqstp->rq_flags))
+	/* Check the pool's idle bitmap locklessly so that multiple
+	 * idle searches can proceed concurrently.
+	 */
+	for_each_clear_bit(bit, pool->sp_busy_map, pool->sp_nrthreads) {
+		if (test_and_set_bit(bit, pool->sp_busy_map))
 			continue;
 
+		rqstp = xa_load(&pool->sp_thread_xa, bit);
+		if (!rqstp)
+			break;
+
 		WRITE_ONCE(rqstp->rq_qtime, ktime_get());
 		wake_up_process(rqstp->rq_task);
 		percpu_counter_inc(&pool->sp_threads_woken);
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c b/net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c
index db40f771b60a..f9c9babe0cba 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c
@@ -735,6 +735,21 @@ rqst_should_sleep(struct svc_rqst *rqstp)
 	return true;
 }
 
+static void svc_pool_thread_mark_idle(struct svc_pool *pool,
+				      struct svc_rqst *rqstp)
+{
+	clear_bit_unlock(rqstp->rq_thread_id, pool->sp_busy_map);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Note: If we were awoken, then this rqstp has already been marked busy.
+ */
+static void svc_pool_thread_mark_busy(struct svc_pool *pool,
+				      struct svc_rqst *rqstp)
+{
+	test_and_set_bit_lock(rqstp->rq_thread_id, pool->sp_busy_map);
+}
+
 static struct svc_xprt *svc_get_next_xprt(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, long timeout)
 {
 	struct svc_pool		*pool = rqstp->rq_pool;
@@ -756,18 +771,17 @@ static struct svc_xprt *svc_get_next_xprt(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, long timeout)
 	set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
 	smp_mb__before_atomic();
 	clear_bit(SP_CONGESTED, &pool->sp_flags);
-	clear_bit(RQ_BUSY, &rqstp->rq_flags);
-	smp_mb__after_atomic();
 
-	if (likely(rqst_should_sleep(rqstp)))
+	if (likely(rqst_should_sleep(rqstp))) {
+		svc_pool_thread_mark_idle(pool, rqstp);
 		time_left = schedule_timeout(timeout);
-	else
+	} else
 		__set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
 
 	try_to_freeze();
 
-	set_bit(RQ_BUSY, &rqstp->rq_flags);
-	smp_mb__after_atomic();
+	svc_pool_thread_mark_busy(pool, rqstp);
+
 	rqstp->rq_xprt = svc_xprt_dequeue(pool);
 	if (rqstp->rq_xprt) {
 		trace_svc_pool_awoken(rqstp);
