diff --git a/net/sunrpc/svc.c b/net/sunrpc/svc.c
index 495ebe7fad6d..cfe8b911ca01 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/svc.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/svc.c
@@ -1248,8 +1248,6 @@ svc_generic_init_request(struct svc_rqst *rqstp,
 	if (rqstp->rq_proc >= versp->vs_nproc)
 		goto err_bad_proc;
 	rqstp->rq_procinfo = procp = &versp->vs_proc[rqstp->rq_proc];
-	if (!procp)
-		goto err_bad_proc;
 
 	/* Initialize storage for argp and resp */
 	memset(rqstp->rq_argp, 0, procp->pc_argsize);