diff --git a/net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c b/net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c
index 1b0673c6e98630cbfd6b372225772da97ebaee22..c65a47218290176571999617cf4d1a3dad1239d9 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c
@@ -903,7 +903,7 @@ void svc_delete_xprt(struct svc_xprt *xprt)
 
 	/* Only do this once */
 	if (test_and_set_bit(XPT_DEAD, &xprt->xpt_flags))
-		return;
+		BUG();
 
 	dprintk("svc: svc_delete_xprt(%p)\n", xprt);
 	xprt->xpt_ops->xpo_detach(xprt);