diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c b/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
index e0cd6d735..0666f9816 100755
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
@@ -2314,13 +2314,6 @@ static void xs_tcp_setup_socket(struct work_struct *work)
 	case -EALREADY:
 		xprt_unlock_connect(xprt, transport);
 		return;
-	case -EPERM:
-		/* Happens, for instance, if a BPF program is preventing
-		 * the connect. Remap the error so upper layers can better
-		 * deal with it.
-		 */
-		status = -ECONNREFUSED;
-		fallthrough;
 	case -EINVAL:
 		/* Happens, for instance, if the user specified a link
 		 * local IPv6 address without a scope-id.