diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
index 672cef2c7ce71d23f2bb180dc9fe1d07cb7b12a2..73228c5e06b88fe5965abeac995ebf6771678971 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
@@ -5110,7 +5110,7 @@ static void nfs4_proc_write_setup(struct nfs_pgio_header *hdr,
 	hdr->timestamp   = jiffies;
 
 	msg->rpc_proc = &nfs4_procedures[NFSPROC4_CLNT_WRITE];
-	nfs4_init_sequence(&hdr->args.seq_args, &hdr->res.seq_res, 1, 0);
+	nfs4_init_sequence(&hdr->args.seq_args, &hdr->res.seq_res, 0, 0);
 	nfs4_state_protect_write(server->nfs_client, clnt, msg, hdr);
 }