diff --git a/net/sunrpc/clnt.c b/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
index 69a9e59537449fdcabc158846b7a350dae7be5d0..2ad827db270422ed7f2c84aae374c234f445e6ab 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
@@ -2147,10 +2147,6 @@ call_status(struct rpc_task *task)
 		rpc_delay(task, 3*HZ);
 	case -ETIMEDOUT:
 		task->tk_action = call_timeout;
-		if (!(task->tk_flags & RPC_TASK_NO_RETRANS_TIMEOUT)
-		    && task->tk_client->cl_discrtry)
-			xprt_conditional_disconnect(req->rq_xprt,
-					req->rq_connect_cookie);
 		break;
 	case -ECONNREFUSED:
 	case -ECONNRESET: