1 files changed, 2 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/net/sunrpc/clnt.c b/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
index 9df26b785dc7..d5f35f15af98 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
@@ -304,10 +304,8 @@ static struct rpc_clnt * rpc_new_client(const struct rpc_create_args *args, stru
         err = rpciod_up();
         if (err)
                 goto out_no_rpciod;
-        err = -EINVAL;
-        if (!xprt)
-                goto out_no_xprt;
 
+        err = -EINVAL;
         if (args->version >= program->nrvers)
                 goto out_err;
         version = program->version[args->version];
@@ -382,10 +380,9 @@ out_no_principal:
 out_no_stats:
         kfree(clnt);
 out_err:
-        xprt_put(xprt);
-out_no_xprt:
         rpciod_down();
 out_no_rpciod:
+        xprt_put(xprt);
         return ERR_PTR(err);
 }