1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c b/net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c
index 8c018df80692..bfbda676574a 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c
@@ -931,7 +931,12 @@ void svc_close_xprt(struct svc_xprt *xprt)
 	if (test_and_set_bit(XPT_BUSY, &xprt->xpt_flags))
 		/* someone else will have to effect the close */
 		return;
-
+	/*
+	 * We expect svc_close_xprt() to work even when no threads are
+	 * running (e.g., while configuring the server before starting
+	 * any threads), so if the transport isn't busy, we delete
+	 * it ourself:
+	 */
 	svc_delete_xprt(xprt);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(svc_close_xprt);