diff --git a/net/sunrpc/cache.c b/net/sunrpc/cache.c
index a349094f6fb7..f740cb51802a 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/cache.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/cache.c
@@ -53,9 +53,6 @@ static void cache_init(struct cache_head *h, struct cache_detail *detail)
 	h->last_refresh = now;
 }
 
-static inline int cache_is_valid(struct cache_head *h);
-static void cache_fresh_locked(struct cache_head *head, time_t expiry,
-				struct cache_detail *detail);
 static void cache_fresh_unlocked(struct cache_head *head,
 				struct cache_detail *detail);
 
@@ -105,9 +102,6 @@ static struct cache_head *sunrpc_cache_add_entry(struct cache_detail *detail,
 			if (cache_is_expired(detail, tmp)) {
 				hlist_del_init_rcu(&tmp->cache_list);
 				detail->entries --;
-				if (cache_is_valid(tmp) == -EAGAIN)
-					set_bit(CACHE_NEGATIVE, &tmp->flags);
-				cache_fresh_locked(tmp, 0, detail);
 				freeme = tmp;
 				break;
 			}