diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprt.c b/net/sunrpc/xprt.c
index a3af02168af1d1b66e7f28d972b6901c3084637d..80742995e02e2081020a3fecb5cab01f5dde5881 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprt.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprt.c
@@ -568,7 +568,6 @@ static void xprt_autoclose(struct work_struct *work)
 	struct rpc_xprt *xprt =
 		container_of(work, struct rpc_xprt, task_cleanup);
 
-	xprt_disconnect(xprt);
 	xprt->ops->close(xprt);
 	clear_bit(XPRT_CLOSE_WAIT, &xprt->state);
 	xprt_release_write(xprt, NULL);
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c b/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
index a4c06900f398d175d81d137e3d14e4efdbebb1ee..9b06b8b2a11223cfac87dad4addce46ac9a93b6c 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
@@ -774,10 +774,10 @@ static void xs_close(struct rpc_xprt *xprt)
 	sock_release(sock);
 clear_close_wait:
 	smp_mb__before_clear_bit();
-	clear_bit(XPRT_CONNECTED, &xprt->state);
 	clear_bit(XPRT_CLOSE_WAIT, &xprt->state);
 	clear_bit(XPRT_CLOSING, &xprt->state);
 	smp_mb__after_clear_bit();
+	xprt_disconnect(xprt);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -793,7 +793,6 @@ static void xs_destroy(struct rpc_xprt *xprt)
 
 	cancel_rearming_delayed_work(&transport->connect_worker);
 
-	xprt_disconnect(xprt);
 	xs_close(xprt);
 	xs_free_peer_addresses(xprt);
 	kfree(xprt->slot);