diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
index c380d2ee4137..a9dec32ba9ba 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
@@ -7570,12 +7570,20 @@ static int _nfs4_proc_create_session(struct nfs_client *clp,
 	status = rpc_call_sync(session->clp->cl_rpcclient, &msg, RPC_TASK_TIMEOUT);
 	trace_nfs4_create_session(clp, status);
 
+	switch (status) {
+	case -NFS4ERR_STALE_CLIENTID:
+	case -NFS4ERR_DELAY:
+	case -ETIMEDOUT:
+	case -EACCES:
+	case -EAGAIN:
+		goto out;
+	};
+
+	clp->cl_seqid++;
 	if (!status) {
 		/* Verify the session's negotiated channel_attrs values */
 		status = nfs4_verify_channel_attrs(&args, &res);
 		/* Increment the clientid slot sequence id */
-		if (clp->cl_seqid == res.seqid)
-			clp->cl_seqid++;
 		if (status)
 			goto out;
 		nfs4_update_session(session, &res);