1 files changed, 3 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprt.c b/net/sunrpc/xprt.c
index 856274d7e85c..8bdcdbe07b98 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprt.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprt.c
@@ -202,10 +202,9 @@ int xprt_reserve_xprt(struct rpc_task *task)
                 goto out_sleep;
         }
         xprt->snd_task = task;
-        if (req) {
-                req->rq_bytes_sent = 0;
-                req->rq_ntrans++;
-        }
+        req->rq_bytes_sent = 0;
+        req->rq_ntrans++;
+
         return 1;
 
 out_sleep: