diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c b/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
index 1f105c2d2e15..75853cabf4c9 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
@@ -254,7 +254,6 @@ struct sock_xprt {
 	void			(*old_data_ready)(struct sock *, int);
 	void			(*old_state_change)(struct sock *);
 	void			(*old_write_space)(struct sock *);
-	void			(*old_error_report)(struct sock *);
 };
 
 /*
@@ -781,7 +780,6 @@ static void xs_save_old_callbacks(struct sock_xprt *transport, struct sock *sk)
 	transport->old_data_ready = sk->sk_data_ready;
 	transport->old_state_change = sk->sk_state_change;
 	transport->old_write_space = sk->sk_write_space;
-	transport->old_error_report = sk->sk_error_report;
 }
 
 static void xs_restore_old_callbacks(struct sock_xprt *transport, struct sock *sk)
@@ -789,7 +787,6 @@ static void xs_restore_old_callbacks(struct sock_xprt *transport, struct sock *s
 	sk->sk_data_ready = transport->old_data_ready;
 	sk->sk_state_change = transport->old_state_change;
 	sk->sk_write_space = transport->old_write_space;
-	sk->sk_error_report = transport->old_error_report;
 }
 
 static void xs_reset_transport(struct sock_xprt *transport)
@@ -1546,25 +1543,6 @@ static void xs_tcp_state_change(struct sock *sk)
 	read_unlock_bh(&sk->sk_callback_lock);
 }
 
-/**
- * xs_error_report - callback mainly for catching socket errors
- * @sk: socket
- */
-static void xs_error_report(struct sock *sk)
-{
-	struct rpc_xprt *xprt;
-
-	read_lock_bh(&sk->sk_callback_lock);
-	if (!(xprt = xprt_from_sock(sk)))
-		goto out;
-	dprintk("RPC:       %s client %p...\n"
-			"RPC:       error %d\n",
-			__func__, xprt, sk->sk_err);
-	xprt_wake_pending_tasks(xprt, -EAGAIN);
-out:
-	read_unlock_bh(&sk->sk_callback_lock);
-}
-
 static void xs_write_space(struct sock *sk)
 {
 	struct socket *sock;
@@ -1864,7 +1842,6 @@ static int xs_local_finish_connecting(struct rpc_xprt *xprt,
 		sk->sk_user_data = xprt;
 		sk->sk_data_ready = xs_local_data_ready;
 		sk->sk_write_space = xs_udp_write_space;
-		sk->sk_error_report = xs_error_report;
 		sk->sk_allocation = GFP_ATOMIC;
 
 		xprt_clear_connected(xprt);
@@ -1989,7 +1966,6 @@ static void xs_udp_finish_connecting(struct rpc_xprt *xprt, struct socket *sock)
 		sk->sk_user_data = xprt;
 		sk->sk_data_ready = xs_udp_data_ready;
 		sk->sk_write_space = xs_udp_write_space;
-		sk->sk_error_report = xs_error_report;
 		sk->sk_no_check = UDP_CSUM_NORCV;
 		sk->sk_allocation = GFP_ATOMIC;
 
@@ -2102,7 +2078,6 @@ static int xs_tcp_finish_connecting(struct rpc_xprt *xprt, struct socket *sock)
 		sk->sk_data_ready = xs_tcp_data_ready;
 		sk->sk_state_change = xs_tcp_state_change;
 		sk->sk_write_space = xs_tcp_write_space;
-		sk->sk_error_report = xs_error_report;
 		sk->sk_allocation = GFP_ATOMIC;
 
 		/* socket options */