diff --git a/net/sunrpc/clnt.c b/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
index 325a0858700f6..05404bb05607b 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
@@ -2808,8 +2808,7 @@ int rpc_clnt_test_and_add_xprt(struct rpc_clnt *clnt,
 	task = rpc_call_null_helper(clnt, xprt, NULL,
 			RPC_TASK_SOFT|RPC_TASK_SOFTCONN|RPC_TASK_ASYNC|RPC_TASK_NULLCREDS,
 			&rpc_cb_add_xprt_call_ops, data);
-	if (IS_ERR(task))
-		return PTR_ERR(task);
+
 	rpc_put_task(task);
 success:
 	return 1;