diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c b/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
index 19f7526f8965894a6d3839e779e6bfc2e01fa7c0..66891e32c5e311b386c9afa25b2cf4cd25325427 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
@@ -863,11 +863,6 @@ static void xs_close(struct rpc_xprt *xprt)
 	xprt_disconnect_done(xprt);
 }
 
-static void xs_tcp_close(struct rpc_xprt *xprt)
-{
-	xs_tcp_shutdown(xprt);
-}
-
 static void xs_xprt_free(struct rpc_xprt *xprt)
 {
 	xs_free_peer_addresses(xprt);
@@ -2500,7 +2495,7 @@ static struct rpc_xprt_ops xs_tcp_ops = {
 	.buf_free		= rpc_free,
 	.send_request		= xs_tcp_send_request,
 	.set_retrans_timeout	= xprt_set_retrans_timeout_def,
-	.close			= xs_tcp_close,
+	.close			= xs_tcp_shutdown,
 	.destroy		= xs_destroy,
 	.print_stats		= xs_tcp_print_stats,
 };