diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c b/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
index 9b5de31aa429..c1841f234a71 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
@@ -2203,7 +2203,7 @@ static void xs_udp_setup_socket(struct work_struct *work)
 	struct sock_xprt *transport =
 		container_of(work, struct sock_xprt, connect_worker.work);
 	struct rpc_xprt *xprt = &transport->xprt;
-	struct socket *sock = transport->sock;
+	struct socket *sock;
 	int status = -EIO;
 
 	sock = xs_create_sock(xprt, transport,