diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprt.c b/net/sunrpc/xprt.c
index 4499b5a51763..9494c3767356 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprt.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprt.c
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ out_sleep:
 			task->tk_pid, xprt);
 	task->tk_timeout = 0;
 	task->tk_status = -EAGAIN;
-	if (req && req->rq_ntrans)
+	if (req->rq_ntrans)
 		rpc_sleep_on(&xprt->resend, task, NULL);
 	else
 		rpc_sleep_on(&xprt->sending, task, NULL);