1 files changed, 1 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprt.c b/net/sunrpc/xprt.c
index 839f6ef2326..efe5495ecf6 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprt.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprt.c
@@ -715,9 +715,7 @@ void xprt_connect(struct rpc_task *task)
         if (xprt_connected(xprt))
                 xprt_release_write(xprt, task);
         else {
-                if (task->tk_rqstp)
-                        task->tk_rqstp->rq_bytes_sent = 0;
-
+                task->tk_rqstp->rq_bytes_sent = 0;
                 task->tk_timeout = task->tk_rqstp->rq_timeout;
                 rpc_sleep_on(&xprt->pending, task, xprt_connect_status);