If the RPC call is synchronous, assume the cred is already pinned by the caller. Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- net/sunrpc/clnt.c | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/net/sunrpc/clnt.c b/net/sunrpc/clnt.c index 2345e563c2f4..252b044cdcdf 100644 --- a/net/sunrpc/clnt.c +++ b/net/sunrpc/clnt.c @@ -1127,6 +1127,9 @@ struct rpc_task *rpc_run_task(const struct rpc_task_setup *task_setup_data) task = rpc_new_task(task_setup_data); + if (!RPC_IS_ASYNC(task)) + task->tk_flags |= RPC_TASK_CRED_NOREF; + rpc_task_set_client(task, task_setup_data->rpc_client); rpc_task_set_rpc_message(task, task_setup_data->rpc_message); -- 2.24.1