diff --git a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_rpc_upcall.c b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_rpc_upcall.c
index 0fa4778620d9..b7f70b1adb18 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_rpc_upcall.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_rpc_upcall.c
@@ -121,12 +121,6 @@ static int gssp_rpc_create(struct net *net, struct rpc_clnt **_clnt)
 	return result;
 }
 
-void init_gssp_clnt(struct sunrpc_net *sn)
-{
-	mutex_init(&sn->gssp_lock);
-	sn->gssp_clnt = NULL;
-}
-
 int set_gssp_clnt(struct net *net)
 {
 	struct sunrpc_net *sn = net_generic(net, sunrpc_net_id);
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_rpc_upcall.h b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_rpc_upcall.h
index 31e96344167e..b3c2b2b90798 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_rpc_upcall.h
+++ b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_rpc_upcall.h
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ int gssp_accept_sec_context_upcall(struct net *net,
 				struct gssp_upcall_data *data);
 void gssp_free_upcall_data(struct gssp_upcall_data *data);
 
-void init_gssp_clnt(struct sunrpc_net *);
 int set_gssp_clnt(struct net *);
 void clear_gssp_clnt(struct sunrpc_net *);
 
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/svcauth_gss.c b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/svcauth_gss.c
index 764b4d82951d..967e9d53080d 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/svcauth_gss.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/svcauth_gss.c
@@ -1468,7 +1468,6 @@ static int create_use_gss_proxy_proc_entry(struct net *net)
 			      &use_gss_proxy_proc_ops, net);
 	if (!*p)
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	init_gssp_clnt(sn);
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/sunrpc_syms.c b/net/sunrpc/sunrpc_syms.c
index ab88ce46afb5..1a3884a0376a 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/sunrpc_syms.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/sunrpc_syms.c
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ static __net_init int sunrpc_init_net(struct net *net)
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&sn->all_clients);
 	spin_lock_init(&sn->rpc_client_lock);
 	spin_lock_init(&sn->rpcb_clnt_lock);
+	mutex_init(&sn->gssp_lock);
 	return 0;
 
 err_pipefs: