diff --git a/net/sunrpc/sunrpc_syms.c b/net/sunrpc/sunrpc_syms.c
index faaf81e97720..d85fddeb6388 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/sunrpc_syms.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/sunrpc_syms.c
@@ -138,6 +138,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(nlm_debug);
 extern int register_rpc_pipefs(void);
 extern void unregister_rpc_pipefs(void);
 extern struct cache_detail ip_map_cache;
+extern int init_socket_xprt(void);
+extern void cleanup_socket_xprt(void);
 
 static int __init
 init_sunrpc(void)
@@ -155,6 +157,7 @@ init_sunrpc(void)
 	rpc_proc_init();
 #endif
 	cache_register(&ip_map_cache);
+	init_socket_xprt();
 out:
 	return err;
 }
@@ -162,6 +165,7 @@ out:
 static void __exit
 cleanup_sunrpc(void)
 {
+	cleanup_socket_xprt();
 	unregister_rpc_pipefs();
 	rpc_destroy_mempool();
 	if (cache_unregister(&ip_map_cache))
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c b/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
index ad61b3e9123b..70131c36f371 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
@@ -1502,3 +1502,21 @@ struct rpc_xprt *xs_setup_tcp(struct sockaddr *addr, size_t addrlen, struct rpc_
 
 	return xprt;
 }
+
+/**
+ * init_socket_xprt - stub
+ *
+ */
+int init_socket_xprt(void)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/**
+ * cleanup_socket_xprt - stub
+ *
+ */
+void cleanup_socket_xprt(void)
+{
+	return;
+}