diff --git a/fs/nfsd/lockd.c b/fs/nfsd/lockd.c
index 0c6d81670137..7c831a2731fa 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/lockd.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/lockd.c
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ nlm_fopen(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct nfs_fh *f, struct file **filp)
 	exp_readlock();
 	nfserr = nfsd_open(rqstp, &fh, S_IFREG, NFSD_MAY_LOCK, filp);
 	fh_put(&fh);
-	rqstp->rq_client = NULL;
 	exp_readunlock();
  	/* We return nlm error codes as nlm doesn't know
 	 * about nfsd, but nfsd does know about nlm..