diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c b/fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c
index dc74a947a440..573de0d49e17 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c
@@ -710,16 +710,11 @@ static ssize_t __write_ports_addfd(char *buf, struct net *net, const struct cred
 	if (err != 0 || fd < 0)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	if (svc_alien_sock(net, fd)) {
-		printk(KERN_ERR "%s: socket net is different to NFSd's one\n", __func__);
-		return -EINVAL;
-	}
-
 	err = nfsd_create_serv(net);
 	if (err != 0)
 		return err;
 
-	err = svc_addsock(nn->nfsd_serv, fd, buf, SIMPLE_TRANSACTION_LIMIT, cred);
+	err = svc_addsock(nn->nfsd_serv, net, fd, buf, SIMPLE_TRANSACTION_LIMIT, cred);
 
 	if (err >= 0 &&
 	    !nn->nfsd_serv->sv_nrthreads && !xchg(&nn->keep_active, 1))
diff --git a/include/linux/sunrpc/svcsock.h b/include/linux/sunrpc/svcsock.h
index bcc555c7ae9c..13aff355d5a1 100644
--- a/include/linux/sunrpc/svcsock.h
+++ b/include/linux/sunrpc/svcsock.h
@@ -59,10 +59,9 @@ int		svc_recv(struct svc_rqst *, long);
 int		svc_send(struct svc_rqst *);
 void		svc_drop(struct svc_rqst *);
 void		svc_sock_update_bufs(struct svc_serv *serv);
-bool		svc_alien_sock(struct net *net, int fd);
-int		svc_addsock(struct svc_serv *serv, const int fd,
-					char *name_return, const size_t len,
-					const struct cred *cred);
+int		svc_addsock(struct svc_serv *serv, struct net *net,
+			    const int fd, char *name_return, const size_t len,
+			    const struct cred *cred);
 void		svc_init_xprt_sock(void);
 void		svc_cleanup_xprt_sock(void);
 struct svc_xprt *svc_sock_create(struct svc_serv *serv, int prot);
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/svcsock.c b/net/sunrpc/svcsock.c
index 7107fbcbff34..d808c00cdbac 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/svcsock.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/svcsock.c
@@ -1338,25 +1338,10 @@ static struct svc_sock *svc_setup_socket(struct svc_serv *serv,
 	return svsk;
 }
 
-bool svc_alien_sock(struct net *net, int fd)
-{
-	int err;
-	struct socket *sock = sockfd_lookup(fd, &err);
-	bool ret = false;
-
-	if (!sock)
-		goto out;
-	if (sock_net(sock->sk) != net)
-		ret = true;
-	sockfd_put(sock);
-out:
-	return ret;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(svc_alien_sock);
-
 /**
  * svc_addsock - add a listener socket to an RPC service
  * @serv: pointer to RPC service to which to add a new listener
+ * @net: caller's network namespace
  * @fd: file descriptor of the new listener
  * @name_return: pointer to buffer to fill in with name of listener
  * @len: size of the buffer
@@ -1366,8 +1351,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(svc_alien_sock);
  * Name is terminated with '\n'.  On error, returns a negative errno
  * value.
  */
-int svc_addsock(struct svc_serv *serv, const int fd, char *name_return,
-		const size_t len, const struct cred *cred)
+int svc_addsock(struct svc_serv *serv, struct net *net, const int fd,
+		char *name_return, const size_t len, const struct cred *cred)
 {
 	int err = 0;
 	struct socket *so = sockfd_lookup(fd, &err);
@@ -1378,6 +1363,9 @@ int svc_addsock(struct svc_serv *serv, const int fd, char *name_return,
 
 	if (!so)
 		return err;
+	err = -EINVAL;
+	if (sock_net(so->sk) != net)
+		goto out;
 	err = -EAFNOSUPPORT;
 	if ((so->sk->sk_family != PF_INET) && (so->sk->sk_family != PF_INET6))
 		goto out;