diff --git a/net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c b/net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c
index dcd2d1ee2e3c..912dea558ccc 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c
@@ -710,10 +710,7 @@ int svc_recv(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, long timeout)
 	spin_unlock_bh(&pool->sp_lock);
 
 	len = 0;
-	if (test_bit(XPT_CLOSE, &xprt->xpt_flags)) {
-		dprintk("svc_recv: found XPT_CLOSE\n");
-		svc_delete_xprt(xprt);
-	} else if (test_bit(XPT_LISTENER, &xprt->xpt_flags)) {
+	if (test_bit(XPT_LISTENER, &xprt->xpt_flags)) {
 		struct svc_xprt *newxpt;
 		newxpt = xprt->xpt_ops->xpo_accept(xprt);
 		if (newxpt) {
@@ -739,7 +736,7 @@ int svc_recv(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, long timeout)
 			svc_xprt_received(newxpt);
 		}
 		svc_xprt_received(xprt);
-	} else {
+	} else if (!test_bit(XPT_CLOSE, &xprt->xpt_flags)) {
 		dprintk("svc: server %p, pool %u, transport %p, inuse=%d\n",
 			rqstp, pool->sp_id, xprt,
 			atomic_read(&xprt->xpt_ref.refcount));
@@ -752,6 +749,11 @@ int svc_recv(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, long timeout)
 		dprintk("svc: got len=%d\n", len);
 	}
 
+	if (test_bit(XPT_CLOSE, &xprt->xpt_flags)) {
+		dprintk("svc_recv: found XPT_CLOSE\n");
+		svc_delete_xprt(xprt);
+	}
+
 	/* No data, incomplete (TCP) read, or accept() */
 	if (len == 0 || len == -EAGAIN) {
 		rqstp->rq_res.len = 0;