diff --git a/net/sunrpc/clnt.c b/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
index ea12ed3c70ba..9c210273d06b 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
@@ -2476,8 +2476,7 @@ call_status(struct rpc_task *task)
 		goto out_exit;
 	}
 	task->tk_action = call_encode;
-	if (status != -ECONNRESET && status != -ECONNABORTED)
-		rpc_check_timeout(task);
+	rpc_check_timeout(task);
 	return;
 out_exit:
 	rpc_call_rpcerror(task, status);