diff --git a/lib/nfs_v4.c b/lib/nfs_v4.c
index 4ca0b4a..5675493 100644
--- a/lib/nfs_v4.c
+++ b/lib/nfs_v4.c
@@ -1585,6 +1585,7 @@ nfs4_mount_async(struct nfs_context *nfs, const char *server,
 {
         struct nfs4_cb_data *data;
         char *new_server, *new_export;
+        int port;
 
         new_server = strdup(server);
         free(nfs->server);
@@ -1614,27 +1615,15 @@ nfs4_mount_async(struct nfs_context *nfs, const char *server,
         data->private_data = private_data;
         data->path         = strdup(new_export);
 
-        if (nfs->nfsport) {
-                if (rpc_connect_port_async(nfs->rpc, server, nfs->nfsport,
-                                           NFS4_PROGRAM, NFS_V4,
-                                           nfs4_mount_1_cb, data) != 0) {
-                        nfs_set_error(nfs, "Failed to start connection. %s",
-                                      nfs_get_error(nfs));
-                        free_nfs4_cb_data(data);
-                        return -1;
-                }
-                return 0;
-        }
-
-        if (rpc_connect_program_async(nfs->rpc, server,
-                                      NFS4_PROGRAM, NFS_V4,
-                                      nfs4_mount_1_cb, data) != 0) {
+        port = nfs->nfsport ? nfs->nfsport : 2049;
+        if (rpc_connect_port_async(nfs->rpc, server, port,
+                                   NFS4_PROGRAM, NFS_V4,
+                                   nfs4_mount_1_cb, data) != 0) {
                 nfs_set_error(nfs, "Failed to start connection. %s",
                               nfs_get_error(nfs));
                 free_nfs4_cb_data(data);
                 return -1;
         }
-
         return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/test_8000_timeout.sh b/tests/test_8000_timeout.sh
index f9774b0..d40bfbd 100755
--- a/tests/test_8000_timeout.sh
+++ b/tests/test_8000_timeout.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ echo "NFSv${VERS} Basic timeout test."
 if [ $VERS -eq 3 ]; then
     COUNT=28
 else
-    COUNT=18
+    COUNT=13
 fi
 
 start_share