2 files changed, 10 insertions, 16 deletions

diff --git a/net/sunrpc/clnt.c b/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
index 16c9fbc1db69..e9d5f3c562e5 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
@@ -486,17 +486,13 @@ int rpc_call_sync(struct rpc_clnt *clnt, struct rpc_message *msg, int flags)
 	/* Mask signals on RPC calls _and_ GSS_AUTH upcalls */
 	rpc_task_sigmask(task, &oldset);
 
-	rpc_call_setup(task, msg, 0);
-
 	/* Set up the call info struct and execute the task */
+	rpc_call_setup(task, msg, 0);
+	if (task->tk_status == 0) {
+		atomic_inc(&task->tk_count);
+		rpc_execute(task);
+	}
 	status = task->tk_status;
-	if (status != 0)
-		goto out;
-	atomic_inc(&task->tk_count);
-	status = rpc_execute(task);
-	if (status == 0)
-		status = task->tk_status;
-out:
 	rpc_put_task(task);
 	rpc_restore_sigmask(&oldset);
 	return status;
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/sched.c b/net/sunrpc/sched.c
index fc083f0b3544..13ab0c6fed01 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/sched.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/sched.c
@@ -625,7 +625,7 @@ void rpc_release_calldata(const struct rpc_call_ops *ops, void *calldata)
 /*
  * This is the RPC `scheduler' (or rather, the finite state machine).
  */
-static int __rpc_execute(struct rpc_task *task)
+static void __rpc_execute(struct rpc_task *task)
 {
 	int		status = 0;
 
@@ -679,9 +679,9 @@ static int __rpc_execute(struct rpc_task *task)
 		if (RPC_IS_ASYNC(task)) {
 			/* Careful! we may have raced... */
 			if (RPC_IS_QUEUED(task))
-				return 0;
+				return;
 			if (rpc_test_and_set_running(task))
-				return 0;
+				return;
 			continue;
 		}
 
@@ -710,7 +710,6 @@ static int __rpc_execute(struct rpc_task *task)
 	dprintk("RPC: %4d, return %d, status %d\n", task->tk_pid, status, task->tk_status);
 	/* Release all resources associated with the task */
 	rpc_release_task(task);
-	return status;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -722,12 +721,11 @@ static int __rpc_execute(struct rpc_task *task)
  *	 released. In particular note that tk_release() will have
  *	 been called, so your task memory may have been freed.
  */
-int
-rpc_execute(struct rpc_task *task)
+void rpc_execute(struct rpc_task *task)
 {
 	rpc_set_active(task);
 	rpc_set_running(task);
-	return __rpc_execute(task);
+	__rpc_execute(task);
 }
 
 static void rpc_async_schedule(struct work_struct *work)