diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
index e7abcf7629b36b883c25eca28f55a6a74413d587..580e37bc3fe2058c57280e0e1d4bfdc9a302ab94 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
@@ -2909,7 +2909,8 @@ static int _nfs4_open_and_get_state(struct nfs4_opendata *opendata,
 	}
 
 out:
-	nfs4_sequence_free_slot(&opendata->o_res.seq_res);
+	if (!opendata->cancelled)
+		nfs4_sequence_free_slot(&opendata->o_res.seq_res);
 	return ret;
 }