diff --git a/net/sunrpc/clnt.c b/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
index dcc446e7fbf6b6c0d639e2889438bc5f2aa65df2..9df26b785dc73c496bbac598a8daba024c0c0a85 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
@@ -512,7 +512,7 @@ static struct rpc_clnt *__rpc_clone_client(struct rpc_create_args *args,
 	new = rpc_new_client(args, xprt);
 	if (IS_ERR(new)) {
 		err = PTR_ERR(new);
-		goto out_put;
+		goto out_err;
 	}
 
 	atomic_inc(&clnt->cl_count);
@@ -525,8 +525,6 @@ static struct rpc_clnt *__rpc_clone_client(struct rpc_create_args *args,
 	new->cl_chatty = clnt->cl_chatty;
 	return new;
 
-out_put:
-	xprt_put(xprt);
 out_err:
 	dprintk("RPC:       %s: returned error %d\n", __func__, err);
 	return ERR_PTR(err);