diff --git a/usr.sbin/rpc.lockd/lockd.c b/usr.sbin/rpc.lockd/lockd.c
index 002d6adb7b2..f1e9d2d3993 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/rpc.lockd/lockd.c
+++ b/usr.sbin/rpc.lockd/lockd.c
@@ -519,6 +519,9 @@ create_service(struct netconfig *nconf)
 			exit(1);
 		}
 
+		if (nconf->nc_semantics != NC_TPI_CLTS)
+		    listen(fd, SOMAXCONN);
+
 		transp = svc_tli_create(fd, nconf, NULL,
 		    RPC_MAXDATASIZE, RPC_MAXDATASIZE);
 
diff --git a/usr.sbin/rpc.statd/statd.c b/usr.sbin/rpc.statd/statd.c
index c9423385fb4..f51bea8bfb5 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/rpc.statd/statd.c
+++ b/usr.sbin/rpc.statd/statd.c
@@ -367,6 +367,9 @@ create_service(struct netconfig *nconf)
 			exit(1);
 		}
 
+		if (nconf->nc_semantics != NC_TPI_CLTS)
+			listen(sock, SOMAXCONN);
+
 		transp = svc_tli_create(fd, nconf, NULL,
 		RPC_MAXDATASIZE, RPC_MAXDATASIZE);