dprintk("RPC: %4d xprt_connect xprt %p %s connected\n", task->tk_pid,
                        xprt, (xprt_connected(xprt) ? "is" : "is not"));
 
-       if (xprt->shutdown) {
-               task->tk_status = -EIO;
-               return;
-       }
        if (!xprt->addr.sin_port) {
                task->tk_status = -EIO;
                return;
 
        dprintk("RPC: %4d xprt_prepare_transmit\n", task->tk_pid);
 
-       if (xprt->shutdown)
-               return -EIO;
-
        spin_lock_bh(&xprt->transport_lock);
        if (req->rq_received && !req->rq_bytes_sent) {
                err = req->rq_received;
        struct rpc_xprt *xprt = task->tk_xprt;
 
        task->tk_status = -EIO;
-       if (!xprt->shutdown) {
-               spin_lock(&xprt->reserve_lock);
-               do_xprt_reserve(task);
-               spin_unlock(&xprt->reserve_lock);
-       }
+       spin_lock(&xprt->reserve_lock);
+       do_xprt_reserve(task);
+       spin_unlock(&xprt->reserve_lock);
 }
 
 static inline u32 xprt_alloc_xid(struct rpc_xprt *xprt)
        if (!list_empty(&req->rq_list))
                list_del(&req->rq_list);
        xprt->last_used = jiffies;
-       if (list_empty(&xprt->recv) && !xprt->shutdown)
+       if (list_empty(&xprt->recv))
                mod_timer(&xprt->timer,
                                xprt->last_used + xprt->idle_timeout);
        spin_unlock_bh(&xprt->transport_lock);
        return xprt;
 }
 
-static void xprt_shutdown(struct rpc_xprt *xprt)
-{
-       xprt->shutdown = 1;
-       rpc_wake_up(&xprt->sending);
-       rpc_wake_up(&xprt->resend);
-       xprt_wake_pending_tasks(xprt, -EIO);
-       rpc_wake_up(&xprt->backlog);
-       del_timer_sync(&xprt->timer);
-}
-
 /**
  * xprt_destroy - destroy an RPC transport, killing off all requests.
  * @xprt: transport to destroy
 int xprt_destroy(struct rpc_xprt *xprt)
 {
        dprintk("RPC:      destroying transport %p\n", xprt);
-       xprt_shutdown(xprt);
+       xprt->shutdown = 1;
+       del_timer_sync(&xprt->timer);
        xprt->ops->destroy(xprt);
        kfree(xprt);