diff --git a/net/sunrpc/clnt.c b/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
index f56f045778ae..aaf70aa65904 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
@@ -1844,12 +1844,13 @@ call_timeout(struct rpc_task *task)
 		return;
 	}
 	if (RPC_IS_SOFT(task)) {
-		if (clnt->cl_chatty)
+		if (clnt->cl_chatty) {
 			rcu_read_lock();
 			printk(KERN_NOTICE "%s: server %s not responding, timed out\n",
 				clnt->cl_protname,
 				rcu_dereference(clnt->cl_xprt)->servername);
 			rcu_read_unlock();
+		}
 		if (task->tk_flags & RPC_TASK_TIMEOUT)
 			rpc_exit(task, -ETIMEDOUT);
 		else