diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 2c2f2f3db672..10e3e399489a 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 7eaae2828dadae3abde7f77734c874d4b74b313a
+refs/heads/master: 7e8d7e3c9e38dab8d28a8667faa4941842f64213
diff --git a/trunk/net/sunrpc/xprt.c b/trunk/net/sunrpc/xprt.c
index 269f217918a3..3c654e06b084 100644
--- a/trunk/net/sunrpc/xprt.c
+++ b/trunk/net/sunrpc/xprt.c
@@ -145,8 +145,6 @@ __xprt_lock_write(struct rpc_xprt *xprt, struct rpc_task *task)
 	if (test_and_set_bit(XPRT_LOCKED, &xprt->sockstate)) {
 		if (task == xprt->snd_task)
 			return 1;
-		if (task == NULL)
-			return 0;
 		goto out_sleep;
 	}
 	if (xprt->nocong || __xprt_get_cong(xprt, task)) {