diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
index 9041a892701f..a225f98c9903 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
@@ -2746,7 +2746,8 @@ 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;
 }