diff --git a/include/linux/sunrpc/xprt.h b/include/linux/sunrpc/xprt.h
index 0d0cc127615e..14c9b4d49fb4 100644
--- a/include/linux/sunrpc/xprt.h
+++ b/include/linux/sunrpc/xprt.h
@@ -343,7 +343,6 @@ int			xprt_reserve_xprt_cong(struct rpc_xprt *xprt, struct rpc_task *task);
 void			xprt_alloc_slot(struct rpc_xprt *xprt, struct rpc_task *task);
 void			xprt_free_slot(struct rpc_xprt *xprt,
 				       struct rpc_rqst *req);
-void			xprt_lock_and_alloc_slot(struct rpc_xprt *xprt, struct rpc_task *task);
 bool			xprt_prepare_transmit(struct rpc_task *task);
 void			xprt_request_enqueue_transmit(struct rpc_task *task);
 void			xprt_request_enqueue_receive(struct rpc_task *task);
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprt.c b/net/sunrpc/xprt.c
index 533df198a0e9..849e102e3c5a 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprt.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprt.c
@@ -1429,20 +1429,6 @@ void xprt_alloc_slot(struct rpc_xprt *xprt, struct rpc_task *task)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(xprt_alloc_slot);
 
-void xprt_lock_and_alloc_slot(struct rpc_xprt *xprt, struct rpc_task *task)
-{
-	/* Note: grabbing the xprt_lock_write() ensures that we throttle
-	 * new slot allocation if the transport is congested (i.e. when
-	 * reconnecting a stream transport or when out of socket write
-	 * buffer space).
-	 */
-	if (xprt_lock_write(xprt, task)) {
-		xprt_alloc_slot(xprt, task);
-		xprt_release_write(xprt, task);
-	}
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(xprt_lock_and_alloc_slot);
-
 void xprt_free_slot(struct rpc_xprt *xprt, struct rpc_rqst *req)
 {
 	spin_lock(&xprt->reserve_lock);
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c b/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
index 8831e84a058a..f54e8110f4c6 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
@@ -2809,7 +2809,7 @@ static const struct rpc_xprt_ops xs_udp_ops = {
 static const struct rpc_xprt_ops xs_tcp_ops = {
 	.reserve_xprt		= xprt_reserve_xprt,
 	.release_xprt		= xprt_release_xprt,
-	.alloc_slot		= xprt_lock_and_alloc_slot,
+	.alloc_slot		= xprt_alloc_slot,
 	.free_slot		= xprt_free_slot,
 	.rpcbind		= rpcb_getport_async,
 	.set_port		= xs_set_port,