diff --git a/nfs-utils-1.1.3-smnotify-earlyexit.patch b/nfs-utils-1.1.3-smnotify-earlyexit.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a1643ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nfs-utils-1.1.3-smnotify-earlyexit.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+commit c8d18e26d2a53d9036a32c2dafebccaf4ce1634d
+Author: Phil Endecott <phil_bnaqb_endecott@chezphil.org>
+Date:   Tue Oct 14 14:36:58 2008 -0400
+
+    sm-notify should exit as soon as its determined
+    there are no hosts to notify. This also decreases
+    start up time by a few seconds.
+    
+    Signed-off-by: Steve Dickson <steved@redhat.com>
+
+diff --git a/utils/statd/sm-notify.c b/utils/statd/sm-notify.c
+index 76a378c..7a7ae1a 100644
+--- a/utils/statd/sm-notify.c
++++ b/utils/statd/sm-notify.c
+@@ -189,9 +189,13 @@ usage:		fprintf(stderr,
+ 		exit(1);
+ 	}
+ 
++	log_syslog = 1;
++	openlog("sm-notify", LOG_PID, LOG_DAEMON);
++
+ 	if (strcmp(_SM_BASE_PATH, BASEDIR) == 0) {
+ 		if (record_pid() == 0 && force == 0 && opt_update_state == 1)
+ 			/* already run, don't try again */
++			nsm_log(LOG_NOTICE, "Already notifying clients; Exiting!");
+ 			exit(0);
+ 	}
+ 
+@@ -207,6 +211,12 @@ usage:		fprintf(stderr,
+ 	backup_hosts(_SM_DIR_PATH, _SM_BAK_PATH);
+ 	get_hosts(_SM_BAK_PATH);
+ 
++	/* If there are not hosts to notify, just exit */
++	if (!hosts) {
++		nsm_log(LOG_DEBUG, "No hosts to notify; exiting");
++		return 0;
++	}
++
+ 	/* Get and update the NSM state. This will call sync() */
+ 	nsm_state = nsm_get_state(opt_update_state);
+ 	set_kernel_nsm_state(nsm_state);
+@@ -215,9 +225,6 @@ usage:		fprintf(stderr,
+ 		if (!opt_quiet)
+ 			printf("Backgrounding to notify hosts...\n");
+ 
+-		openlog("sm-notify", LOG_PID, LOG_DAEMON);
+-		log_syslog = 1;
+-
+ 		if (daemon(0, 0) < 0) {
+ 			nsm_log(LOG_ERR, "unable to background: %s",
+ 					strerror(errno));
diff --git a/nfs-utils.spec b/nfs-utils.spec
index 2d3bd72..addd0bf 100644
--- a/nfs-utils.spec
+++ b/nfs-utils.spec
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Summary: NFS utilities and supporting clients and daemons for the kernel NFS ser
 Name: nfs-utils
 URL: http://sourceforge.net/projects/nfs
 Version: 1.1.3
-Release: 5%{?dist}
+Release: 6%{?dist}
 Epoch: 1
 
 # group all 32bit related archs
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ Patch107: nfs-utils-1.1.3-mountd-cleanup.patch
 Patch108: nfs-utils-1.1.3-mountd-pseudoflavor-support.patch
 Patch109: nfs-utils-1.1.3-idmapd-rm-idmapconf.patch
 Patch110: nfs-utils-1.1.3-network-conn-udp-ports.patch
+Patch111: nfs-utils-1.1.3-smnotify-earlyexit.patch
 
 Group: System Environment/Daemons
 Provides: exportfs    = %{epoch}:%{version}-%{release}
@@ -106,6 +107,7 @@ This package also contains the mount.nfs and umount.nfs program.
 %patch108 -p1
 %patch109 -p1
 %patch110 -p1
+%patch111 -p1
 
 # Remove .orig files
 find . -name "*.orig" | xargs rm -f
@@ -265,6 +267,9 @@ fi
 %attr(4755,root,root)   /sbin/umount.nfs4
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Oct 14 2008 Steve Dickson <steved@redhat.com> 1.1.3-6
+- sm-notify exists when there are no hosts to notify
+
 * Thu Sep 18 2008 Steve Dickson <steved@redhat.com> 1.1.3-5
 - Reworked init scripts so service will be able to
   stop when some of the checks fail. (bz 462508)