diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c b/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
index 25b8a8ead56b..650102a9c86a 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
@@ -2875,9 +2875,6 @@ static struct rpc_xprt *xs_setup_local(struct xprt_create *args)
 		}
 		xprt_set_bound(xprt);
 		xs_format_peer_addresses(xprt, "local", RPCBIND_NETID_LOCAL);
-		ret = ERR_PTR(xs_local_setup_socket(transport));
-		if (ret)
-			goto out_err;
 		break;
 	default:
 		ret = ERR_PTR(-EAFNOSUPPORT);