diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c b/fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c
index 862dff5247f7e797205fa37e77424f62c00169f8..97543df58242f1bc54244aeac633a4fc2e139c8f 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c
@@ -614,7 +614,7 @@ static ssize_t __write_ports(struct file *file, char *buf, size_t size)
 			return -EINVAL;
 		err = nfsd_create_serv();
 		if (!err) {
-			err = svc_addsock(nfsd_serv, fd, buf, NULL);
+			err = svc_addsock(nfsd_serv, fd, buf);
 			if (err >= 0) {
 				err = lockd_up();
 				if (err < 0)
diff --git a/include/linux/sunrpc/svcsock.h b/include/linux/sunrpc/svcsock.h
index 8cff696dedf58413dac70ab00294c19ba898bcba..483e10380aae45429b8ad7aba5a930aa8e4f3695 100644
--- a/include/linux/sunrpc/svcsock.h
+++ b/include/linux/sunrpc/svcsock.h
@@ -39,10 +39,7 @@ int		svc_send(struct svc_rqst *);
 void		svc_drop(struct svc_rqst *);
 void		svc_sock_update_bufs(struct svc_serv *serv);
 int		svc_sock_names(char *buf, struct svc_serv *serv, char *toclose);
-int		svc_addsock(struct svc_serv *serv,
-			    int fd,
-			    char *name_return,
-			    int *proto);
+int		svc_addsock(struct svc_serv *serv, int fd, char *name_return);
 void		svc_init_xprt_sock(void);
 void		svc_cleanup_xprt_sock(void);
 
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/svcsock.c b/net/sunrpc/svcsock.c
index f91377c149510d1e692673a7febd0ed2e207d8fc..95293f549e9c2b371b82ce32af4ca43be00b5ada 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/svcsock.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/svcsock.c
@@ -1167,8 +1167,7 @@ static struct svc_sock *svc_setup_socket(struct svc_serv *serv,
 
 int svc_addsock(struct svc_serv *serv,
 		int fd,
-		char *name_return,
-		int *proto)
+		char *name_return)
 {
 	int err = 0;
 	struct socket *so = sockfd_lookup(fd, &err);
@@ -1203,7 +1202,6 @@ int svc_addsock(struct svc_serv *serv,
 		sockfd_put(so);
 		return err;
 	}
-	if (proto) *proto = so->sk->sk_protocol;
 	return one_sock_name(name_return, svsk);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(svc_addsock);