diff --git a/include/linux/sunrpc/clnt.h b/include/linux/sunrpc/clnt.h
index db5149567305..267b7aeaf1a6 100644
--- a/include/linux/sunrpc/clnt.h
+++ b/include/linux/sunrpc/clnt.h
@@ -160,7 +160,6 @@ struct rpc_add_xprt_test {
 #define RPC_CLNT_CREATE_NO_RETRANS_TIMEOUT	(1UL << 9)
 #define RPC_CLNT_CREATE_SOFTERR		(1UL << 10)
 #define RPC_CLNT_CREATE_REUSEPORT	(1UL << 11)
-#define RPC_CLNT_CREATE_IGNORE_NULL_UNAVAIL (1UL << 12)
 
 struct rpc_clnt *rpc_create(struct rpc_create_args *args);
 struct rpc_clnt	*rpc_bind_new_program(struct rpc_clnt *,
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_rpc_upcall.c b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_rpc_upcall.c
index 8ca1d809b78d..61c276bddaf2 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_rpc_upcall.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_rpc_upcall.c
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ static int gssp_rpc_create(struct net *net, struct rpc_clnt **_clnt)
 		 * timeout, which would result in reconnections being
 		 * done without the correct namespace:
 		 */
-		.flags		= RPC_CLNT_CREATE_IGNORE_NULL_UNAVAIL |
+		.flags		= RPC_CLNT_CREATE_NOPING |
 				  RPC_CLNT_CREATE_NO_IDLE_TIMEOUT
 	};
 	struct rpc_clnt *clnt;
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/clnt.c b/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
index 22c28cf43eba..98133aa54f19 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
@@ -479,9 +479,6 @@ static struct rpc_clnt *rpc_create_xprt(struct rpc_create_args *args,
 
 	if (!(args->flags & RPC_CLNT_CREATE_NOPING)) {
 		int err = rpc_ping(clnt);
-		if ((args->flags & RPC_CLNT_CREATE_IGNORE_NULL_UNAVAIL) &&
-		    err == -EOPNOTSUPP)
-			err = 0;
 		if (err != 0) {
 			rpc_shutdown_client(clnt);
 			return ERR_PTR(err);