diff --git a/net/sunrpc/clnt.c b/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
index 8d75290f1a31d2..5c37621aa09af6 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
@@ -2751,6 +2751,7 @@ rpc_decode_header(struct rpc_task *task, struct xdr_stream *xdr)
 	case rpc_autherr_rejectedverf:
 	case rpcsec_gsserr_credproblem:
 	case rpcsec_gsserr_ctxproblem:
+		rpcauth_invalcred(task);
 		if (!task->tk_cred_retry)
 			break;
 		task->tk_cred_retry--;