diff --git a/drivers/NFSSR.py b/drivers/NFSSR.py
index a0c3d2446..dbfae8080 100755
--- a/drivers/NFSSR.py
+++ b/drivers/NFSSR.py
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ def validate_remotepath(self, scan):
 
     def check_server(self):
         try:
-            if PROBEVERSION in self.dconf:
+            if not nfs.is_nfs_4(self.nfsversion) and PROBEVERSION in self.dconf:
                 sv = nfs.get_supported_nfs_versions(self.remoteserver)
                 if len(sv):
                     self.nfsversion = sv[0]
diff --git a/drivers/nfs.py b/drivers/nfs.py
index 461698584..46ebb9a9f 100644
--- a/drivers/nfs.py
+++ b/drivers/nfs.py
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ class NfsException(Exception):
     def __init__(self, errstr):
         self.errstr = errstr
 
+def is_nfs_4(nfsversion):
+    return validate_nfsversion(nfsversion) and nfsversion != DEFAULT_NFSVERSION
 
 def check_server_tcp(server, nfsversion=DEFAULT_NFSVERSION):
     """Make sure that NFS over TCP/IP V3 is supported on the server.
@@ -63,6 +65,10 @@ def check_server_tcp(server, nfsversion=DEFAULT_NFSVERSION):
     Returns True if everything is OK
     False otherwise.
     """
+
+    if is_nfs_4(nfsversion):
+        return True
+
     try:
         sv = get_supported_nfs_versions(server)
         return (True if nfsversion in sv else False)
@@ -71,13 +77,16 @@ def check_server_tcp(server, nfsversion=DEFAULT_NFSVERSION):
                            inst.code)
 
 
-def check_server_service(server):
+def check_server_service(server, nfsversion=DEFAULT_NFSVERSION):
     """Ensure NFS service is up and available on the remote server.
 
     Returns False if fails to detect service after 
     NFS_SERVICE_RETRY * NFS_SERVICE_WAIT
     """
 
+    if is_nfs_4(nfsversion):
+        return True
+
     retries = 0
     errlist = [errno.EPERM, errno.EPIPE, errno.EIO]
 
@@ -132,7 +141,7 @@ def soft_mount(mountpoint, remoteserver, remotepath, transport, useroptions='',
 
     # Wait for NFS service to be available
     try:
-        if not check_server_service(remoteserver):
+        if not check_server_service(remoteserver, nfsversion):
             raise util.CommandException(
                 code=errno.EOPNOTSUPP,
                 reason='No NFS service on server: `%s`' % remoteserver
diff --git a/tests/test_nfs.py b/tests/test_nfs.py
index d86b37341..f531ccd34 100644
--- a/tests/test_nfs.py
+++ b/tests/test_nfs.py
@@ -15,18 +15,16 @@ def test_check_server_tcp(self, pread):
 
     @mock.patch('util.pread', autospec=True)
     def test_check_server_tcp_nfsversion(self, pread):
-        nfs.check_server_tcp('aServer', 'aNfsversion')
+        nfs.check_server_tcp('aServer', '3')
 
         pread.assert_called_once_with(['/usr/sbin/rpcinfo', '-s', 'aServer'], quiet=False, text=True)
 
     @mock.patch('util.pread', autospec=True)
     def test_check_server_tcp_nfsversion_error(self, pread):
-        pread.side_effect = util.CommandException
-
         with self.assertRaises(nfs.NfsException):
             nfs.check_server_tcp('aServer', 'aNfsversion')
 
-        pread.assert_called_once_with(['/usr/sbin/rpcinfo', '-s', 'aServer'], quiet=False, text=True)
+        pread.assert_not_called()
 
     @mock.patch('time.sleep', autospec=True)
     # Can't use autospec due to http://bugs.python.org/issue17826
@@ -104,7 +102,7 @@ def test_soft_mount(self, pread, check_server_service, makedirs):
         nfs.soft_mount('mountpoint', 'remoteserver', 'remotepath', 'transport',
                        timeout=None)
 
-        check_server_service.assert_called_once_with('remoteserver')
+        check_server_service.assert_called_once_with('remoteserver', '3')
         pread.assert_called_once_with(self.get_soft_mount_pread('mount.nfs',
                                                                 '3'))
 
@@ -115,7 +113,7 @@ def test_soft_mount_ipv6(self, pread, check_server_service, makedirs):
         nfs.soft_mount('mountpoint', 'remoteserver', 'remotepath', 'tcp6',
                        timeout=None)
 
-        check_server_service.assert_called_once_with('remoteserver')
+        check_server_service.assert_called_once_with('remoteserver', '3')
         pread.assert_called_once_with(self.get_soft_mount_pread('mount.nfs',
                                                                 '3', True))
 
@@ -127,7 +125,7 @@ def test_soft_mount_nfsversion_3(self, pread,
         nfs.soft_mount('mountpoint', 'remoteserver', 'remotepath', 'transport',
                        timeout=None, nfsversion='3')
 
-        check_server_service.assert_called_once_with('remoteserver')
+        check_server_service.assert_called_once_with('remoteserver', '3')
         pread.assert_called_with(self.get_soft_mount_pread('mount.nfs',
                                                                 '3'))
 
@@ -139,7 +137,7 @@ def test_soft_mount_nfsversion_4(self, pread,
         nfs.soft_mount('mountpoint', 'remoteserver', 'remotepath', 'transport',
                        timeout=None, nfsversion='4')
 
-        check_server_service.assert_called_once_with('remoteserver')
+        check_server_service.assert_called_once_with('remoteserver', '4')
         pread.assert_called_with(self.get_soft_mount_pread('mount.nfs',
                                                                 '4'))