diff --git a/net/sunrpc/svcsock.c b/net/sunrpc/svcsock.c
index cba85d1..4e0813b 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/svcsock.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/svcsock.c
@@ -493,6 +493,8 @@
 	spin_unlock(&serv->sv_lock);
 	if (closesk)
 		svc_delete_socket(closesk);
+	else if (toclose)
+		return -ENOENT;
 	return len;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(svc_sock_names);