diff --git a/net/sunrpc/stats.c b/net/sunrpc/stats.c
index f71a73107ae9..80df89d957ba 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/stats.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/stats.c
@@ -115,9 +115,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(svc_seq_show);
  */
 struct rpc_iostats *rpc_alloc_iostats(struct rpc_clnt *clnt)
 {
-	struct rpc_iostats *new;
-	new = kcalloc(clnt->cl_maxproc, sizeof(struct rpc_iostats), GFP_KERNEL);
-	return new;
+	return kcalloc(clnt->cl_maxproc, sizeof(struct rpc_iostats), GFP_KERNEL);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rpc_alloc_iostats);