diff --git a/net/sunrpc/sysctl.c b/net/sunrpc/sysctl.c
index c39b90ac24020af1a70cfa80901422dd068d8043..dee2983ecfd001bafa631c60b7d7667cc32378e9 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/sysctl.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/sysctl.c
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ static int proc_do_xprt(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
 	char tmpbuf[256];
 	size_t len;
 
-	if ((*ppos && !write) || !*lenp) {
+	if (write || *ppos) {
 		*lenp = 0;
 		return 0;
 	}