diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4client.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4client.c
index 7491323a58207541cf3fe4226cbe6f1930920483..1530e1f77d6919f50c909e4c1e9bfb8b4e78d4ea 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4client.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4client.c
@@ -1153,7 +1153,7 @@ struct nfs_server *nfs4_create_server(struct fs_context *fc)
 	if (!server)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
-	server->cred = get_cred(current_cred());
+	server->cred = get_cred(fc->cred);
 
 	auth_probe = ctx->auth_info.flavor_len < 1;