diff --git a/net/sunrpc/svc.c b/net/sunrpc/svc.c
index f0dcb6d14bbb..1741f114e8ff 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/svc.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/svc.c
@@ -1417,7 +1417,7 @@ svc_process_common(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct kvec *argv, struct kvec *resv)
 
  sendit:
 	if (svc_authorise(rqstp))
-		goto close;
+		goto close_xprt;
 	return 1;		/* Caller can now send it */
 
 release_dropit:
@@ -1429,6 +1429,8 @@ svc_process_common(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct kvec *argv, struct kvec *resv)
 	return 0;
 
  close:
+	svc_authorise(rqstp);
+close_xprt:
 	if (rqstp->rq_xprt && test_bit(XPT_TEMP, &rqstp->rq_xprt->xpt_flags))
 		svc_close_xprt(rqstp->rq_xprt);
 	dprintk("svc: svc_process close\n");
@@ -1437,7 +1439,7 @@ svc_process_common(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct kvec *argv, struct kvec *resv)
 err_short_len:
 	svc_printk(rqstp, "short len %zd, dropping request\n",
 			argv->iov_len);
-	goto close;
+	goto close_xprt;
 
 err_bad_rpc:
 	serv->sv_stats->rpcbadfmt++;