1 files changed, 3 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/net/sunrpc/auth_generic.c b/net/sunrpc/auth_generic.c
index 8bae33b36cc6..43162bb3b78f 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/auth_generic.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/auth_generic.c
@@ -54,18 +54,13 @@ struct rpc_cred *rpc_lookup_machine_cred(void)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rpc_lookup_machine_cred);
 
-static void
-generic_bind_cred(struct rpc_task *task, struct rpc_cred *cred, int lookupflags)
+static struct rpc_cred *generic_bind_cred(struct rpc_task *task,
+                struct rpc_cred *cred, int lookupflags)
 {
         struct rpc_auth *auth = task->tk_client->cl_auth;
         struct auth_cred *acred = &container_of(cred, struct generic_cred, gc_base)->acred;
-        struct rpc_cred *ret;
 
-        ret = auth->au_ops->lookup_cred(auth, acred, lookupflags);
-        if (!IS_ERR(ret))
-                task->tk_msg.rpc_cred = ret;
-        else
-                task->tk_status = PTR_ERR(ret);
+        return auth->au_ops->lookup_cred(auth, acred, lookupflags);
 }
 
 /*