diff --git a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/auth_gss.c b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/auth_gss.c
index ea4567f..0fe3566 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/auth_gss.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/auth_gss.c
@@ -369,6 +369,18 @@
 	return gss_msg;
 }
 
+static void warn_gssd(void)
+{
+	static unsigned long ratelimit;
+	unsigned long now = jiffies;
+
+	if (time_after(now, ratelimit)) {
+		printk(KERN_WARNING "RPC: AUTH_GSS upcall timed out.\n"
+				"Please check user daemon is running.\n");
+		ratelimit = now + 15*HZ;
+	}
+}
+
 static inline int
 gss_refresh_upcall(struct rpc_task *task)
 {
@@ -568,21 +580,14 @@
 gss_pipe_destroy_msg(struct rpc_pipe_msg *msg)
 {
 	struct gss_upcall_msg *gss_msg = container_of(msg, struct gss_upcall_msg, msg);
-	static unsigned long ratelimit;
 
 	if (msg->errno < 0) {
 		dprintk("RPC:       gss_pipe_destroy_msg releasing msg %p\n",
 				gss_msg);
 		atomic_inc(&gss_msg->count);
 		gss_unhash_msg(gss_msg);
-		if (msg->errno == -ETIMEDOUT) {
-			unsigned long now = jiffies;
-			if (time_after(now, ratelimit)) {
-				printk(KERN_WARNING "RPC: AUTH_GSS upcall timed out.\n"
-						    "Please check user daemon is running!\n");
-				ratelimit = now + 15*HZ;
-			}
-		}
+		if (msg->errno == -ETIMEDOUT)
+			warn_gssd();
 		gss_release_msg(gss_msg);
 	}
 }