diff --git a/net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c b/net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c
index c0db66d81e344da69c2a80c903f14a5a231e5eaf..c179ca2a5aa45b8f37c44a660f50fc4b04c08273 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c
@@ -771,10 +771,6 @@ int svc_recv(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, long timeout)
 			"svc_recv: service %p, transport not NULL!\n",
 			 rqstp);
 
-	/* Make sure the task pointer is set! */
-	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!rqstp->rq_task))
-		rqstp->rq_task = current_task;
-
 	err = svc_alloc_arg(rqstp);
 	if (err)
 		return err;