diff --git a/net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c b/net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c
index 09838300dac4..818c4c365b28 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c
@@ -706,8 +706,7 @@ int svc_recv(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, long timeout)
 	spin_unlock_bh(&pool->sp_lock);
 
 	len = 0;
-	if (test_bit(XPT_LISTENER, &xprt->xpt_flags) &&
-	    !test_bit(XPT_CLOSE, &xprt->xpt_flags)) {
+	if (test_bit(XPT_LISTENER, &xprt->xpt_flags)) {
 		struct svc_xprt *newxpt;
 		newxpt = xprt->xpt_ops->xpo_accept(xprt);
 		if (newxpt) {