diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
index befcafc43c74..369e574c5092 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
@@ -3548,12 +3548,17 @@ static bool replay_matches_cache(struct svc_rqst *rqstp,
 	    (bool)seq->cachethis)
 		return false;
 	/*
-	 * If there's an error than the reply can have fewer ops than
-	 * the call.  But if we cached a reply with *more* ops than the
-	 * call you're sending us now, then this new call is clearly not
-	 * really a replay of the old one:
+	 * If there's an error then the reply can have fewer ops than
+	 * the call.
 	 */
-	if (slot->sl_opcnt < argp->opcnt)
+	if (slot->sl_opcnt < argp->opcnt && !slot->sl_status)
+		return false;
+	/*
+	 * But if we cached a reply with *more* ops than the call you're
+	 * sending us now, then this new call is clearly not really a
+	 * replay of the old one:
+	 */
+	if (slot->sl_opcnt > argp->opcnt)
 		return false;
 	/* This is the only check explicitly called by spec: */
 	if (!same_creds(&rqstp->rq_cred, &slot->sl_cred))