diff --git a/fs/nfs/flexfilelayout/flexfilelayout.c b/fs/nfs/flexfilelayout/flexfilelayout.c
index b04e20d28162d489424606df91f452a0a64c2d4c..2c7e1eca1ed7416ebe19534eb9c517c3d9dda7a8 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/flexfilelayout/flexfilelayout.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/flexfilelayout/flexfilelayout.c
@@ -1148,8 +1148,6 @@ static int ff_layout_async_handle_error_v4(struct rpc_task *task,
 		break;
 	case -NFS4ERR_RETRY_UNCACHED_REP:
 		break;
-	case -EAGAIN:
-		return -NFS4ERR_RESET_TO_PNFS;
 	/* Invalidate Layout errors */
 	case -NFS4ERR_PNFS_NO_LAYOUT:
 	case -ESTALE:           /* mapped NFS4ERR_STALE */
@@ -1210,7 +1208,6 @@ static int ff_layout_async_handle_error_v3(struct rpc_task *task,
 	case -EBADHANDLE:
 	case -ELOOP:
 	case -ENOSPC:
-	case -EAGAIN:
 		break;
 	case -EJUKEBOX:
 		nfs_inc_stats(lseg->pls_layout->plh_inode, NFSIOS_DELAY);
@@ -1445,16 +1442,6 @@ static void ff_layout_read_prepare_v4(struct rpc_task *task, void *data)
 	ff_layout_read_prepare_common(task, hdr);
 }
 
-static void
-ff_layout_io_prepare_transmit(struct rpc_task *task,
-		void *data)
-{
-	struct nfs_pgio_header *hdr = data;
-
-	if (!pnfs_is_valid_lseg(hdr->lseg))
-		rpc_exit(task, -EAGAIN);
-}
-
 static void ff_layout_read_call_done(struct rpc_task *task, void *data)
 {
 	struct nfs_pgio_header *hdr = data;
@@ -1740,7 +1727,6 @@ static void ff_layout_commit_release(void *data)
 
 static const struct rpc_call_ops ff_layout_read_call_ops_v3 = {
 	.rpc_call_prepare = ff_layout_read_prepare_v3,
-	.rpc_call_prepare_transmit = ff_layout_io_prepare_transmit,
 	.rpc_call_done = ff_layout_read_call_done,
 	.rpc_count_stats = ff_layout_read_count_stats,
 	.rpc_release = ff_layout_read_release,
@@ -1748,7 +1734,6 @@ static const struct rpc_call_ops ff_layout_read_call_ops_v3 = {
 
 static const struct rpc_call_ops ff_layout_read_call_ops_v4 = {
 	.rpc_call_prepare = ff_layout_read_prepare_v4,
-	.rpc_call_prepare_transmit = ff_layout_io_prepare_transmit,
 	.rpc_call_done = ff_layout_read_call_done,
 	.rpc_count_stats = ff_layout_read_count_stats,
 	.rpc_release = ff_layout_read_release,
@@ -1756,7 +1741,6 @@ static const struct rpc_call_ops ff_layout_read_call_ops_v4 = {
 
 static const struct rpc_call_ops ff_layout_write_call_ops_v3 = {
 	.rpc_call_prepare = ff_layout_write_prepare_v3,
-	.rpc_call_prepare_transmit = ff_layout_io_prepare_transmit,
 	.rpc_call_done = ff_layout_write_call_done,
 	.rpc_count_stats = ff_layout_write_count_stats,
 	.rpc_release = ff_layout_write_release,
@@ -1764,7 +1748,6 @@ static const struct rpc_call_ops ff_layout_write_call_ops_v3 = {
 
 static const struct rpc_call_ops ff_layout_write_call_ops_v4 = {
 	.rpc_call_prepare = ff_layout_write_prepare_v4,
-	.rpc_call_prepare_transmit = ff_layout_io_prepare_transmit,
 	.rpc_call_done = ff_layout_write_call_done,
 	.rpc_count_stats = ff_layout_write_count_stats,
 	.rpc_release = ff_layout_write_release,
diff --git a/include/linux/sunrpc/sched.h b/include/linux/sunrpc/sched.h
index baa3ecdb882f2428ca1dad0159f794bd71ecff3a..27536b961552c21217b9ccad96a0ecec71243342 100644
--- a/include/linux/sunrpc/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sunrpc/sched.h
@@ -98,7 +98,6 @@ typedef void			(*rpc_action)(struct rpc_task *);
 
 struct rpc_call_ops {
 	void (*rpc_call_prepare)(struct rpc_task *, void *);
-	void (*rpc_call_prepare_transmit)(struct rpc_task *, void *);
 	void (*rpc_call_done)(struct rpc_task *, void *);
 	void (*rpc_count_stats)(struct rpc_task *, void *);
 	void (*rpc_release)(void *);
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprt.c b/net/sunrpc/xprt.c
index 783748dc5e6fbf59959380e024e99e42039d7956..2e71f5455c6cc95d9182b6a3f36b458f5d20a951 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprt.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprt.c
@@ -1408,13 +1408,6 @@ xprt_request_transmit(struct rpc_rqst *req, struct rpc_task *snd_task)
 			status = -EBADMSG;
 			goto out_dequeue;
 		}
-		if (task->tk_ops->rpc_call_prepare_transmit) {
-			task->tk_ops->rpc_call_prepare_transmit(task,
-					task->tk_calldata);
-			status = task->tk_status;
-			if (status < 0)
-				goto out_dequeue;
-		}
 		if (RPC_SIGNALLED(task)) {
 			status = -ERESTARTSYS;
 			goto out_dequeue;