diff --git a/net/sunrpc/svcauth.c b/net/sunrpc/svcauth.c
index 8f2320a..0004c1f 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/svcauth.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/svcauth.c
@@ -147,10 +147,8 @@
 			return hp;
 		}
 	}
-	if (new) {
+	if (new)
 		hlist_add_head(&new->hash, head);
-		kref_get(&new->ref);
-	}
 	spin_unlock(&auth_domain_lock);
 	return new;
 }