1 files changed, 2 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c b/net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c
index c82fe739fbdc..a74cb67f15bf 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c
@@ -1059,14 +1059,13 @@ static struct svc_deferred_req *svc_deferred_dequeue(struct svc_xprt *xprt)
         if (!test_bit(XPT_DEFERRED, &xprt->xpt_flags))
                 return NULL;
         spin_lock(&xprt->xpt_lock);
-        clear_bit(XPT_DEFERRED, &xprt->xpt_flags);
         if (!list_empty(&xprt->xpt_deferred)) {
                 dr = list_entry(xprt->xpt_deferred.next,
                                 struct svc_deferred_req,
                                 handle.recent);
                 list_del_init(&dr->handle.recent);
-                set_bit(XPT_DEFERRED, &xprt->xpt_flags);
-        }
+        } else
+                clear_bit(XPT_DEFERRED, &xprt->xpt_flags);
         spin_unlock(&xprt->xpt_lock);
         return dr;
 }