diff --git a/net/sunrpc/clnt.c b/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
index 4e8210dcda72..57d344cf2256 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
@@ -1829,23 +1829,15 @@ static void rpc_show_task(const struct rpc_clnt *clnt,
 			  const struct rpc_task *task)
 {
 	const char *rpc_waitq = "none";
-	char *p, action[KSYM_SYMBOL_LEN];
 
 	if (RPC_IS_QUEUED(task))
 		rpc_waitq = rpc_qname(task->tk_waitqueue);
 
-	/* map tk_action pointer to a function name; then trim off
-	 * the "+0x0 [sunrpc]" */
-	sprint_symbol(action, (unsigned long)task->tk_action);
-	p = strchr(action, '+');
-	if (p)
-		*p = '\0';
-
-	printk(KERN_INFO "%5u %04x %6d %8p %8p %8ld %8p %sv%u %s a:%s q:%s\n",
+	printk(KERN_INFO "%5u %04x %6d %8p %8p %8ld %8p %sv%u %s a:%ps q:%s\n",
 		task->tk_pid, task->tk_flags, task->tk_status,
 		clnt, task->tk_rqstp, task->tk_timeout, task->tk_ops,
 		clnt->cl_protname, clnt->cl_vers, rpc_proc_name(task),
-		action, rpc_waitq);
+		task->tk_action, rpc_waitq);
 }
 
 void rpc_show_tasks(void)