diff --git a/net/sunrpc/clnt.c b/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
index 822f020..1915ffe 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
@@ -610,11 +610,6 @@
  */
 void rpc_shutdown_client(struct rpc_clnt *clnt)
 {
-	/*
-	 * To avoid deadlock, never call rpc_shutdown_client from a
-	 * workqueue context!
-	 */
-	WARN_ON_ONCE(current->flags & PF_WQ_WORKER);
 	might_sleep();
 
 	dprintk_rcu("RPC:       shutting down %s client for %s\n",