diff --git a/include/linux/sunrpc/xdr.h b/include/linux/sunrpc/xdr.h
index e4057d729f03..49e1eb454465 100644
--- a/include/linux/sunrpc/xdr.h
+++ b/include/linux/sunrpc/xdr.h
@@ -36,21 +36,6 @@ struct xdr_netobj {
  */
 typedef int	(*kxdrproc_t)(void *rqstp, __be32 *data, void *obj);
 
-/*
- * We're still requiring the BKL in the xdr code until it's been
- * more carefully audited, at which point this wrapper will become
- * unnecessary.
- */
-static inline int rpc_call_xdrproc(kxdrproc_t xdrproc, void *rqstp, __be32 *data, void *obj)
-{
-	int ret;
-
-	lock_kernel();
-	ret = xdrproc(rqstp, data, obj);
-	unlock_kernel();
-	return ret;
-}
-
 /*
  * Basic structure for transmission/reception of a client XDR message.
  * Features a header (for a linear buffer containing RPC headers
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/auth.c b/net/sunrpc/auth.c
index cb216b2df666..6e28744b1709 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/auth.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/auth.c
@@ -513,7 +513,7 @@ rpcauth_wrap_req(struct rpc_task *task, kxdrproc_t encode, void *rqstp,
 	if (cred->cr_ops->crwrap_req)
 		return cred->cr_ops->crwrap_req(task, encode, rqstp, data, obj);
 	/* By default, we encode the arguments normally. */
-	return rpc_call_xdrproc(encode, rqstp, data, obj);
+	return encode(rqstp, data, obj);
 }
 
 int
@@ -528,7 +528,7 @@ rpcauth_unwrap_resp(struct rpc_task *task, kxdrproc_t decode, void *rqstp,
 		return cred->cr_ops->crunwrap_resp(task, decode, rqstp,
 						   data, obj);
 	/* By default, we decode the arguments normally. */
-	return rpc_call_xdrproc(decode, rqstp, data, obj);
+	return decode(rqstp, data, obj);
 }
 
 int
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/auth_gss.c b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/auth_gss.c
index 853a4142cea1..b8561597f0c8 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/auth_gss.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/auth_gss.c
@@ -1017,7 +1017,7 @@ gss_wrap_req_integ(struct rpc_cred *cred, struct gss_cl_ctx *ctx,
 	offset = (u8 *)p - (u8 *)snd_buf->head[0].iov_base;
 	*p++ = htonl(rqstp->rq_seqno);
 
-	status = rpc_call_xdrproc(encode, rqstp, p, obj);
+	status = encode(rqstp, p, obj);
 	if (status)
 		return status;
 
@@ -1111,7 +1111,7 @@ gss_wrap_req_priv(struct rpc_cred *cred, struct gss_cl_ctx *ctx,
 	offset = (u8 *)p - (u8 *)snd_buf->head[0].iov_base;
 	*p++ = htonl(rqstp->rq_seqno);
 
-	status = rpc_call_xdrproc(encode, rqstp, p, obj);
+	status = encode(rqstp, p, obj);
 	if (status)
 		return status;
 
@@ -1170,12 +1170,12 @@ gss_wrap_req(struct rpc_task *task,
 		/* The spec seems a little ambiguous here, but I think that not
 		 * wrapping context destruction requests makes the most sense.
 		 */
-		status = rpc_call_xdrproc(encode, rqstp, p, obj);
+		status = encode(rqstp, p, obj);
 		goto out;
 	}
 	switch (gss_cred->gc_service) {
 		case RPC_GSS_SVC_NONE:
-			status = rpc_call_xdrproc(encode, rqstp, p, obj);
+			status = encode(rqstp, p, obj);
 			break;
 		case RPC_GSS_SVC_INTEGRITY:
 			status = gss_wrap_req_integ(cred, ctx, encode,
@@ -1291,7 +1291,7 @@ gss_unwrap_resp(struct rpc_task *task,
 	cred->cr_auth->au_rslack = cred->cr_auth->au_verfsize + (p - savedp)
 						+ (savedlen - head->iov_len);
 out_decode:
-	status = rpc_call_xdrproc(decode, rqstp, p, obj);
+	status = decode(rqstp, p, obj);
 out:
 	gss_put_ctx(ctx);
 	dprintk("RPC: %5u gss_unwrap_resp returning %d\n", task->tk_pid,