mutex_lock(&seq->lcs_mutex);
 
-       if (seq->lcs_srv) {
-               rc = 0;
-       } else {
-               /* Check whether the connection to seq controller has been
-                * setup (lcs_exp != NULL) */
-               if (seq->lcs_exp == NULL) {
-                       mutex_unlock(&seq->lcs_mutex);
-                       return -EINPROGRESS;
-               }
-
-               rc = seq_client_rpc(seq, &seq->lcs_space,
-                                   SEQ_ALLOC_SUPER, "super");
+       /* Check whether the connection to seq controller has been
+        * setup (lcs_exp != NULL) */
+       if (!seq->lcs_exp) {
+               mutex_unlock(&seq->lcs_mutex);
+               return -EINPROGRESS;
        }
+
+       rc = seq_client_rpc(seq, &seq->lcs_space,
+                           SEQ_ALLOC_SUPER, "super");
        mutex_unlock(&seq->lcs_mutex);
        return rc;
 }
 {
        int rc;
 
-       if (seq->lcs_srv) {
-               rc = 0;
-       } else {
-               do {
-                       /* If meta server return -EINPROGRESS or EAGAIN,
-                        * it means meta server might not be ready to
-                        * allocate super sequence from sequence controller
-                        * (MDT0)yet */
-                       rc = seq_client_rpc(seq, &seq->lcs_space,
-                                           SEQ_ALLOC_META, "meta");
-               } while (rc == -EINPROGRESS || rc == -EAGAIN);
-       }
+       do {
+               /* If meta server return -EINPROGRESS or EAGAIN,
+                * it means meta server might not be ready to
+                * allocate super sequence from sequence controller
+                * (MDT0)yet */
+               rc = seq_client_rpc(seq, &seq->lcs_space,
+                                   SEQ_ALLOC_META, "meta");
+       } while (rc == -EINPROGRESS || rc == -EAGAIN);
 
        return rc;
 }
                class_export_put(seq->lcs_exp);
                seq->lcs_exp = NULL;
        }
-
-       seq->lcs_srv = NULL;
 }
 
 static int seq_client_init(struct lu_client_seq *seq,
        LASSERT(seq != NULL);
        LASSERT(prefix != NULL);
 
-       seq->lcs_srv = NULL;
        seq->lcs_type = type;
 
        mutex_init(&seq->lcs_mutex);
        /* Make sure that things are clear before work is started. */
        seq_client_flush(seq);
 
-       if (exp != NULL)
-               seq->lcs_exp = class_export_get(exp);
-       else if (type == LUSTRE_SEQ_METADATA)
-               LASSERT(seq->lcs_srv != NULL);
+       seq->lcs_exp = class_export_get(exp);
 
        snprintf(seq->lcs_name, sizeof(seq->lcs_name),
                 "cli-%s", prefix);