diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index b14179950949..198d146c3feb 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 43b0178eda1e7e5d1e205bbfd076ab5d6ecacc02
+refs/heads/master: 62bac4af3d778f6d06d351c0442008967c512588
diff --git a/trunk/net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c b/trunk/net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c
index c82fe739fbdc..a74cb67f15bf 100644
--- a/trunk/net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c
+++ b/trunk/net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c
@@ -1059,14 +1059,13 @@ static struct svc_deferred_req *svc_deferred_dequeue(struct svc_xprt *xprt)
 	if (!test_bit(XPT_DEFERRED, &xprt->xpt_flags))
 		return NULL;
 	spin_lock(&xprt->xpt_lock);
-	clear_bit(XPT_DEFERRED, &xprt->xpt_flags);
 	if (!list_empty(&xprt->xpt_deferred)) {
 		dr = list_entry(xprt->xpt_deferred.next,
 				struct svc_deferred_req,
 				handle.recent);
 		list_del_init(&dr->handle.recent);
-		set_bit(XPT_DEFERRED, &xprt->xpt_flags);
-	}
+	} else
+		clear_bit(XPT_DEFERRED, &xprt->xpt_flags);
 	spin_unlock(&xprt->xpt_lock);
 	return dr;
 }