diff --git a/net/sunrpc/clnt.c b/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
index 8c6a7f1a25e..8834d68972c 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
@@ -261,10 +261,6 @@ struct rpc_clnt *rpc_create(struct rpc_create_args *args)
 	};
 	char servername[48];
 
-	xprt = xprt_create_transport(&xprtargs);
-	if (IS_ERR(xprt))
-		return (struct rpc_clnt *)xprt;
-
 	/*
 	 * If the caller chooses not to specify a hostname, whip
 	 * up a string representation of the passed-in address.