diff --git a/fs/nfs/sysfs.c b/fs/nfs/sysfs.c
index 886ed1eec2e5..a6f740366963 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/sysfs.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/sysfs.c
@@ -151,18 +151,6 @@ static struct kobj_type nfs_netns_client_type = {
 	.namespace = nfs_netns_client_namespace,
 };
 
-static void assign_unique_clientid(struct nfs_netns_client *clp)
-{
-	unsigned char client_uuid[16];
-	char *uuid_str = kmalloc(UUID_STRING_LEN + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
-
-	if (uuid_str) {
-		generate_random_uuid(client_uuid);
-		sprintf(uuid_str, "%pU", client_uuid);
-		rcu_assign_pointer(clp->identifier, uuid_str);
-	}
-}
-
 static struct nfs_netns_client *nfs_netns_client_alloc(struct kobject *parent,
 		struct net *net)
 {
@@ -170,8 +158,6 @@ static struct nfs_netns_client *nfs_netns_client_alloc(struct kobject *parent,
 
 	p = kzalloc(sizeof(*p), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (p) {
-		if (net != &init_net)
-			assign_unique_clientid(p);
 		p->net = net;
 		p->kobject.kset = nfs_client_kset;
 		if (kobject_init_and_add(&p->kobject, &nfs_netns_client_type,