diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index d5fbdeb2b181..fc109a4467e8 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: b01dd1d8fae6178cbec374b90da2e4a3b8dce9ba
+refs/heads/master: 87e3c0553fcbea79bf9f17fc5694484ecf3ae5e8
diff --git a/trunk/net/sunrpc/xprt.c b/trunk/net/sunrpc/xprt.c
index 839f6ef2326b..efe5495ecf65 100644
--- a/trunk/net/sunrpc/xprt.c
+++ b/trunk/net/sunrpc/xprt.c
@@ -715,9 +715,7 @@ void xprt_connect(struct rpc_task *task)
 	if (xprt_connected(xprt))
 		xprt_release_write(xprt, task);
 	else {
-		if (task->tk_rqstp)
-			task->tk_rqstp->rq_bytes_sent = 0;
-
+		task->tk_rqstp->rq_bytes_sent = 0;
 		task->tk_timeout = task->tk_rqstp->rq_timeout;
 		rpc_sleep_on(&xprt->pending, task, xprt_connect_status);