diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
index eb55ab6930b5..6d0d94fc243d 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
@@ -2748,7 +2748,8 @@ static int _nfs4_open_and_get_state(struct nfs4_opendata *opendata,
 			nfs4_schedule_stateid_recovery(server, state);
 	}
 out:
-	nfs4_sequence_free_slot(&opendata->o_res.seq_res);
+	if (!opendata->cancelled)
+		nfs4_sequence_free_slot(&opendata->o_res.seq_res);
 	return ret;
 }