diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprt.c b/net/sunrpc/xprt.c
index 73547d17d3c6..943f08be7c38 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprt.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprt.c
@@ -1177,7 +1177,7 @@ xprt_request_enqueue_transmit(struct rpc_task *task)
 				INIT_LIST_HEAD(&req->rq_xmit2);
 				goto out;
 			}
-		} else {
+		} else if (!req->rq_seqno) {
 			list_for_each_entry(pos, &xprt->xmit_queue, rq_xmit) {
 				if (pos->rq_task->tk_owner != task->tk_owner)
 					continue;