return NULL;
 }
 
+static struct nfs4_client *
+find_confirmed_client_by_str(const char *dname, unsigned int hashval)
+{
+       struct nfs4_client *clp;
+
+       list_for_each_entry(clp, &conf_str_hashtbl[hashval], cl_strhash) {
+               if (same_name(clp->cl_recdir, dname))
+                       return clp;
+       }
+       return NULL;
+}
+
+static struct nfs4_client *
+find_unconfirmed_client_by_str(const char *dname, unsigned int hashval)
+{
+       struct nfs4_client *clp;
+
+       list_for_each_entry(clp, &unconf_str_hashtbl[hashval], cl_strhash) {
+               if (same_name(clp->cl_recdir, dname))
+                       return clp;
+       }
+       return NULL;
+}
+
 /* a helper function for parse_callback */
 static int
 parse_octet(unsigned int *lenp, char **addrp)
        };
        nfs4_verifier           clverifier = setclid->se_verf;
        unsigned int            strhashval;
-       struct nfs4_client *    conf, * unconf, * new, * clp;
+       struct nfs4_client      *conf, *unconf, *new;
        int                     status;
        char                    dname[HEXDIR_LEN];
        
 
        strhashval = clientstr_hashval(dname);
 
-       conf = NULL;
        nfs4_lock_state();
-       list_for_each_entry(clp, &conf_str_hashtbl[strhashval], cl_strhash) {
-               if (!same_name(clp->cl_recdir, dname))
-                       continue;
+       conf = find_confirmed_client_by_str(dname, strhashval);
+       if (conf) {
                /* 
                 * CASE 0:
                 * clname match, confirmed, different principal
                 * or different ip_address
                 */
                status = nfserr_clid_inuse;
-               if (!cmp_creds(&clp->cl_cred,&rqstp->rq_cred)
-                               || clp->cl_addr != ip_addr) {
+               if (!cmp_creds(&conf->cl_cred, &rqstp->rq_cred)
+                               || conf->cl_addr != ip_addr) {
                        printk("NFSD: setclientid: string in use by client"
                        "(clientid %08x/%08x)\n",
-                       clp->cl_clientid.cl_boot, clp->cl_clientid.cl_id);
+                       conf->cl_clientid.cl_boot, conf->cl_clientid.cl_id);
                        goto out;
                }
-               conf = clp;
-               break;
-       }
-       unconf = NULL;
-       list_for_each_entry(clp, &unconf_str_hashtbl[strhashval], cl_strhash) {
-               if (!same_name(clp->cl_recdir, dname))
-                       continue;
-               /* cl_name match from a previous SETCLIENTID operation */
-               unconf = clp;
-               break;
        }
+       unconf = find_unconfirmed_client_by_str(dname, strhashval);
        status = nfserr_resource;
        if (!conf) {
                /*