diff --git a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/auth_gss.c b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/auth_gss.c
index cb19c9ded1fa..ea4567fae5dd 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/auth_gss.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/auth_gss.c
@@ -650,7 +650,6 @@ static void
 gss_free(struct gss_auth *gss_auth)
 {
 	rpc_unlink(gss_auth->dentry);
-	gss_auth->dentry = NULL;
 	gss_mech_put(gss_auth->mech);
 
 	kfree(gss_auth);