diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c b/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
index 2d78d95955ab..55472c48825e 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
@@ -496,7 +496,7 @@ static int xs_nospace(struct rpc_task *task)
 	struct rpc_rqst *req = task->tk_rqstp;
 	struct rpc_xprt *xprt = req->rq_xprt;
 	struct sock_xprt *transport = container_of(xprt, struct sock_xprt, xprt);
-	int ret = 0;
+	int ret = -EAGAIN;
 
 	dprintk("RPC: %5u xmit incomplete (%u left of %u)\n",
 			task->tk_pid, req->rq_slen - req->rq_bytes_sent,
@@ -508,7 +508,6 @@ static int xs_nospace(struct rpc_task *task)
 	/* Don't race with disconnect */
 	if (xprt_connected(xprt)) {
 		if (test_bit(SOCK_ASYNC_NOSPACE, &transport->sock->flags)) {
-			ret = -EAGAIN;
 			/*
 			 * Notify TCP that we're limited by the application
 			 * window size