diff --git a/net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c b/net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c
index 88f2bf671960..0d693a89434f 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c
@@ -794,7 +794,8 @@ int svc_send(struct svc_rqst *rqstp)
 
 	/* Grab mutex to serialize outgoing data. */
 	mutex_lock(&xprt->xpt_mutex);
-	if (test_bit(XPT_DEAD, &xprt->xpt_flags))
+	if (test_bit(XPT_DEAD, &xprt->xpt_flags)
+			|| test_bit(XPT_CLOSE, &xprt->xpt_flags))
 		len = -ENOTCONN;
 	else
 		len = xprt->xpt_ops->xpo_sendto(rqstp);