diff --git a/fs/nfsd/export.c b/fs/nfsd/export.c
index 63ee3bc..6f030a5 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/export.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/export.c
@@ -67,11 +67,6 @@ static void expkey_request(struct cache_detail *cd,
 	(*bpp)[-1] = '\n';
 }
 
-static int expkey_upcall(struct cache_detail *cd, struct cache_head *h)
-{
-	return sunrpc_cache_pipe_upcall(cd, h, cd->cache_request);
-}
-
 static struct svc_expkey *svc_expkey_update(struct cache_detail *cd, struct svc_expkey *new,
 					    struct svc_expkey *old);
 static struct svc_expkey *svc_expkey_lookup(struct cache_detail *cd, struct svc_expkey *);
@@ -245,7 +240,6 @@ static struct cache_detail svc_expkey_cache_template = {
 	.hash_size	= EXPKEY_HASHMAX,
 	.name		= "nfsd.fh",
 	.cache_put	= expkey_put,
-	.cache_upcall	= expkey_upcall,
 	.cache_request	= expkey_request,
 	.cache_parse	= expkey_parse,
 	.cache_show	= expkey_show,
@@ -338,11 +332,6 @@ static void svc_export_request(struct cache_detail *cd,
 	(*bpp)[-1] = '\n';
 }
 
-static int svc_export_upcall(struct cache_detail *cd, struct cache_head *h)
-{
-	return sunrpc_cache_pipe_upcall(cd, h, cd->cache_request);
-}
-
 static struct svc_export *svc_export_update(struct svc_export *new,
 					    struct svc_export *old);
 static struct svc_export *svc_export_lookup(struct svc_export *);
@@ -712,7 +701,6 @@ static struct cache_detail svc_export_cache_template = {
 	.hash_size	= EXPORT_HASHMAX,
 	.name		= "nfsd.export",
 	.cache_put	= svc_export_put,
-	.cache_upcall	= svc_export_upcall,
 	.cache_request	= svc_export_request,
 	.cache_parse	= svc_export_parse,
 	.cache_show	= svc_export_show,
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4idmap.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4idmap.c
index 9033dfd..d9402ea 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4idmap.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4idmap.c
@@ -140,12 +140,6 @@ idtoname_request(struct cache_detail *cd, struct cache_head *ch, char **bpp,
 }
 
 static int
-idtoname_upcall(struct cache_detail *cd, struct cache_head *ch)
-{
-	return sunrpc_cache_pipe_upcall(cd, ch, cd->cache_request);
-}
-
-static int
 idtoname_match(struct cache_head *ca, struct cache_head *cb)
 {
 	struct ent *a = container_of(ca, struct ent, h);
@@ -192,7 +186,6 @@ static struct cache_detail idtoname_cache_template = {
 	.hash_size	= ENT_HASHMAX,
 	.name		= "nfs4.idtoname",
 	.cache_put	= ent_put,
-	.cache_upcall	= idtoname_upcall,
 	.cache_request	= idtoname_request,
 	.cache_parse	= idtoname_parse,
 	.cache_show	= idtoname_show,
@@ -322,12 +315,6 @@ nametoid_request(struct cache_detail *cd, struct cache_head *ch, char **bpp,
 }
 
 static int
-nametoid_upcall(struct cache_detail *cd, struct cache_head *ch)
-{
-	return sunrpc_cache_pipe_upcall(cd, ch, cd->cache_request);
-}
-
-static int
 nametoid_match(struct cache_head *ca, struct cache_head *cb)
 {
 	struct ent *a = container_of(ca, struct ent, h);
@@ -366,7 +353,6 @@ static struct cache_detail nametoid_cache_template = {
 	.hash_size	= ENT_HASHMAX,
 	.name		= "nfs4.nametoid",
 	.cache_put	= ent_put,
-	.cache_upcall	= nametoid_upcall,
 	.cache_request	= nametoid_request,
 	.cache_parse	= nametoid_parse,
 	.cache_show	= nametoid_show,
diff --git a/include/linux/sunrpc/cache.h b/include/linux/sunrpc/cache.h
index 4f1c858..249e73a 100644
--- a/include/linux/sunrpc/cache.h
+++ b/include/linux/sunrpc/cache.h
@@ -80,9 +80,6 @@ struct cache_detail {
 	char			*name;
 	void			(*cache_put)(struct kref *);
 
-	int			(*cache_upcall)(struct cache_detail *,
-						struct cache_head *);
-
 	void			(*cache_request)(struct cache_detail *cd,
 						 struct cache_head *ch,
 						 char **bpp, int *blen);
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/svcauth_gss.c b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/svcauth_gss.c
index 82437f9..1bd18af 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/svcauth_gss.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/svcauth_gss.c
@@ -182,12 +182,6 @@ static void rsi_request(struct cache_detail *cd,
 	(*bpp)[-1] = '\n';
 }
 
-static int rsi_upcall(struct cache_detail *cd, struct cache_head *h)
-{
-	return sunrpc_cache_pipe_upcall(cd, h, cd->cache_request);
-}
-
-
 static int rsi_parse(struct cache_detail *cd,
 		    char *mesg, int mlen)
 {
@@ -275,7 +269,6 @@ static struct cache_detail rsi_cache_template = {
 	.hash_size	= RSI_HASHMAX,
 	.name           = "auth.rpcsec.init",
 	.cache_put      = rsi_put,
-	.cache_upcall   = rsi_upcall,
 	.cache_request  = rsi_request,
 	.cache_parse    = rsi_parse,
 	.match		= rsi_match,
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/cache.c b/net/sunrpc/cache.c
index fc2f7aa..ee6b5dd 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/cache.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/cache.c
@@ -196,9 +196,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(sunrpc_cache_update);
 
 static int cache_make_upcall(struct cache_detail *cd, struct cache_head *h)
 {
-	if (!cd->cache_upcall)
+	if (!cd->cache_request)
 		return -EINVAL;
-	return cd->cache_upcall(cd, h);
+	return sunrpc_cache_pipe_upcall(cd, h, cd->cache_request);
 }
 
 static inline int cache_is_valid(struct cache_detail *detail, struct cache_head *h)
@@ -1605,7 +1605,7 @@ static int create_cache_proc_entries(struct cache_detail *cd, struct net *net)
 	if (p == NULL)
 		goto out_nomem;
 
-	if (cd->cache_upcall || cd->cache_parse) {
+	if (cd->cache_request || cd->cache_parse) {
 		p = proc_create_data("channel", S_IFREG|S_IRUSR|S_IWUSR,
 				     cd->u.procfs.proc_ent,
 				     &cache_file_operations_procfs, cd);
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/svcauth_unix.c b/net/sunrpc/svcauth_unix.c
index 6b03cc1..002ddd9 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/svcauth_unix.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/svcauth_unix.c
@@ -157,11 +157,6 @@ static void ip_map_request(struct cache_detail *cd,
 	(*bpp)[-1] = '\n';
 }
 
-static int ip_map_upcall(struct cache_detail *cd, struct cache_head *h)
-{
-	return sunrpc_cache_pipe_upcall(cd, h, cd->cache_request);
-}
-
 static struct ip_map *__ip_map_lookup(struct cache_detail *cd, char *class, struct in6_addr *addr);
 static int __ip_map_update(struct cache_detail *cd, struct ip_map *ipm, struct unix_domain *udom, time_t expiry);
 
@@ -470,11 +465,6 @@ static void unix_gid_request(struct cache_detail *cd,
 	(*bpp)[-1] = '\n';
 }
 
-static int unix_gid_upcall(struct cache_detail *cd, struct cache_head *h)
-{
-	return sunrpc_cache_pipe_upcall(cd, h, cd->cache_request);
-}
-
 static struct unix_gid *unix_gid_lookup(struct cache_detail *cd, uid_t uid);
 
 static int unix_gid_parse(struct cache_detail *cd,
@@ -577,7 +567,6 @@ static struct cache_detail unix_gid_cache_template = {
 	.hash_size	= GID_HASHMAX,
 	.name		= "auth.unix.gid",
 	.cache_put	= unix_gid_put,
-	.cache_upcall	= unix_gid_upcall,
 	.cache_request	= unix_gid_request,
 	.cache_parse	= unix_gid_parse,
 	.cache_show	= unix_gid_show,
@@ -875,7 +864,6 @@ static struct cache_detail ip_map_cache_template = {
 	.hash_size	= IP_HASHMAX,
 	.name		= "auth.unix.ip",
 	.cache_put	= ip_map_put,
-	.cache_upcall	= ip_map_upcall,
 	.cache_request	= ip_map_request,
 	.cache_parse	= ip_map_parse,
 	.cache_show	= ip_map_show,
