1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c b/net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c
index 8c018df80692..bfbda676574a 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c
@@ -931,7 +931,12 @@ void svc_close_xprt(struct svc_xprt *xprt)
         if (test_and_set_bit(XPT_BUSY, &xprt->xpt_flags))
                 /* someone else will have to effect the close */
                 return;
-
+        /*
+         * We expect svc_close_xprt() to work even when no threads are
+         * running (e.g., while configuring the server before starting
+         * any threads), so if the transport isn't busy, we delete
+         * it ourself:
+         */
         svc_delete_xprt(xprt);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(svc_close_xprt);