diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
index 4e52ac773d1f531d2b2128db3a554968c5f1a6d6..6e9ff2d9a5bf5cf7db104e1e952a12c3e823834d 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
@@ -2300,8 +2300,10 @@ static int _nfs4_proc_open(struct nfs4_opendata *data)
 		if (status != 0)
 			return status;
 	}
-	if (!(o_res->f_attr->valid & NFS_ATTR_FATTR))
+	if (!(o_res->f_attr->valid & NFS_ATTR_FATTR)) {
+		nfs4_sequence_free_slot(&o_res->seq_res);
 		nfs4_proc_getattr(server, &o_res->fh, o_res->f_attr, o_res->f_label);
+	}
 	return 0;
 }