diff --git a/net/sunrpc/svc.c b/net/sunrpc/svc.c
index e9632bb66535ddd41d2e9ba62b17d393f50261e2..1dd5fd01455916a1b9beec14b3f0e2c7f0bc2881 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/svc.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/svc.c
@@ -167,6 +167,7 @@ svc_pool_map_alloc_arrays(struct svc_pool_map *m, unsigned int maxpools)
 
 fail_free:
 	kfree(m->to_pool);
+	m->to_pool = NULL;
 fail:
 	return -ENOMEM;
 }
@@ -287,7 +288,9 @@ svc_pool_map_put(void)
 	if (!--m->count) {
 		m->mode = SVC_POOL_DEFAULT;
 		kfree(m->to_pool);
+		m->to_pool = NULL;
 		kfree(m->pool_to);
+		m->pool_to = NULL;
 		m->npools = 0;
 	}