diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 3298e965caf0..a394e8d45f1b 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 01dba075d571f5a8b7dcb153fdfd14e981c4cee3
+refs/heads/master: 42d7ba3d6d56a6cbc773284896108b1e2ebcee81
diff --git a/trunk/net/sunrpc/svcsock.c b/trunk/net/sunrpc/svcsock.c
index 1454739b4233..07919e16be3e 100644
--- a/trunk/net/sunrpc/svcsock.c
+++ b/trunk/net/sunrpc/svcsock.c
@@ -1135,9 +1135,6 @@ static int svc_tcp_sendto(struct svc_rqst *rqstp)
 	reclen = htonl(0x80000000|((xbufp->len ) - 4));
 	memcpy(xbufp->head[0].iov_base, &reclen, 4);
 
-	if (test_bit(XPT_DEAD, &rqstp->rq_xprt->xpt_flags))
-		return -ENOTCONN;
-
 	sent = svc_sendto(rqstp, &rqstp->rq_res);
 	if (sent != xbufp->len) {
 		printk(KERN_NOTICE