diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c b/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
index 9c2825827dec..ffd50348a509 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
@@ -2655,6 +2655,9 @@ static struct rpc_xprt *xs_setup_local(struct xprt_create *args)
 		}
 		xprt_set_bound(xprt);
 		xs_format_peer_addresses(xprt, "local", RPCBIND_NETID_LOCAL);
+		ret = ERR_PTR(xs_local_setup_socket(transport));
+		if (ret)
+			goto out_err;
 		break;
 	default:
 		ret = ERR_PTR(-EAFNOSUPPORT);