diff --git a/net/ceph/auth_x.c b/net/ceph/auth_x.c
index a16bf14eb027cd4e765320f98b0fb378b5a5e7c4..bd8758dbfded1d2d8db1feb0fee68127f0d30146 100644
--- a/net/ceph/auth_x.c
+++ b/net/ceph/auth_x.c
@@ -630,7 +630,7 @@ static void ceph_x_invalidate_authorizer(struct ceph_auth_client *ac,
 
 	th = get_ticket_handler(ac, peer_type);
 	if (!IS_ERR(th))
-		remove_ticket_handler(ac, th);
+		memset(&th->validity, 0, sizeof(th->validity));
 }