diff --git a/fs/smb/client/smb2pdu.c b/fs/smb/client/smb2pdu.c
index 2ae2dbb6202b3df0fc97cbbd049c14d88cd674e2..bb84a89e59059243e9da3faa699f4221fe5b08ec 100644
--- a/fs/smb/client/smb2pdu.c
+++ b/fs/smb/client/smb2pdu.c
@@ -4859,9 +4859,6 @@ smb2_async_writev(struct cifs_io_subrequest *wdata)
 	struct cifs_io_parms *io_parms = NULL;
 	int credit_request;
 
-	if (!wdata->server || test_bit(NETFS_SREQ_RETRYING, &wdata->subreq.flags))
-		server = wdata->server = cifs_pick_channel(tcon->ses);
-
 	/*
 	 * in future we may get cifs_io_parms passed in from the caller,
 	 * but for now we construct it here...