diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c b/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
index 31bc046e285021..fecc8b8fa26618 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
@@ -2616,11 +2616,10 @@ static int xs_tls_handshake_sync(struct rpc_xprt *lower_xprt, struct xprtsec_par
 	rc = wait_for_completion_interruptible_timeout(&lower_transport->handshake_done,
 						       XS_TLS_HANDSHAKE_TO);
 	if (rc <= 0) {
-		if (!tls_handshake_cancel(sk)) {
-			if (rc == 0)
-				rc = -ETIMEDOUT;
-			goto out_put_xprt;
-		}
+		tls_handshake_cancel(sk);
+		if (rc == 0)
+			rc = -ETIMEDOUT;
+		goto out_put_xprt;
 	}
 
 	rc = lower_transport->xprt_err;