diff --git a/fs/nfs/client.c b/fs/nfs/client.c
index 8b39a42ac35e..c285e0a117e4 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/client.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/client.c
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ void nfs_put_client(struct nfs_client *clp)
 		nfs_cb_idr_remove_locked(clp);
 		spin_unlock(&nn->nfs_client_lock);
 
-		BUG_ON(!list_empty(&clp->cl_superblocks));
+		WARN_ON_ONCE(!list_empty(&clp->cl_superblocks));
 
 		clp->rpc_ops->free_client(clp);
 	}
@@ -1061,10 +1061,6 @@ struct nfs_server *nfs_create_server(struct nfs_mount_info *mount_info,
 	if (error < 0)
 		goto error;
 
-	BUG_ON(!server->nfs_client);
-	BUG_ON(!server->nfs_client->rpc_ops);
-	BUG_ON(!server->nfs_client->rpc_ops->file_inode_ops);
-
 	/* Probe the root fh to retrieve its FSID */
 	error = nfs_probe_fsinfo(server, mount_info->mntfh, fattr);
 	if (error < 0)
diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4client.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4client.c
index 6bacfde1319a..72717e67b34e 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4client.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4client.c
@@ -713,10 +713,6 @@ static int nfs4_server_common_setup(struct nfs_server *server,
 	struct nfs_fattr *fattr;
 	int error;
 
-	BUG_ON(!server->nfs_client);
-	BUG_ON(!server->nfs_client->rpc_ops);
-	BUG_ON(!server->nfs_client->rpc_ops->file_inode_ops);
-
 	/* data servers support only a subset of NFSv4.1 */
 	if (is_ds_only_client(server->nfs_client))
 		return -EPROTONOSUPPORT;