diff --git a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/auth_gss.c b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/auth_gss.c
index 6f1b4e2f5e81..621c07f322c4 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/auth_gss.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/auth_gss.c
@@ -114,28 +114,14 @@ static void
 gss_cred_set_ctx(struct rpc_cred *cred, struct gss_cl_ctx *ctx)
 {
 	struct gss_cred *gss_cred = container_of(cred, struct gss_cred, gc_base);
-	struct gss_cl_ctx *old;
 
-	old = gss_cred->gc_ctx;
+	if (!test_bit(RPCAUTH_CRED_NEW, &cred->cr_flags))
+		return;
 	gss_get_ctx(ctx);
 	rcu_assign_pointer(gss_cred->gc_ctx, ctx);
 	set_bit(RPCAUTH_CRED_UPTODATE, &cred->cr_flags);
+	smp_mb__before_clear_bit();
 	clear_bit(RPCAUTH_CRED_NEW, &cred->cr_flags);
-	if (old)
-		gss_put_ctx(old);
-}
-
-static int
-gss_cred_is_uptodate_ctx(struct rpc_cred *cred)
-{
-	struct gss_cred *gss_cred = container_of(cred, struct gss_cred, gc_base);
-	int res = 0;
-
-	rcu_read_lock();
-	if (test_bit(RPCAUTH_CRED_UPTODATE, &cred->cr_flags) && gss_cred->gc_ctx)
-		res = 1;
-	rcu_read_unlock();
-	return res;
 }
 
 static const void *
@@ -857,15 +843,12 @@ gss_match(struct auth_cred *acred, struct rpc_cred *rc, int flags)
 {
 	struct gss_cred *gss_cred = container_of(rc, struct gss_cred, gc_base);
 
-	/*
-	 * If the searchflags have set RPCAUTH_LOOKUP_NEW, then
-	 * we don't really care if the credential has expired or not,
-	 * since the caller should be prepared to reinitialise it.
-	 */
-	if ((flags & RPCAUTH_LOOKUP_NEW) && test_bit(RPCAUTH_CRED_NEW, &rc->cr_flags))
+	if (test_bit(RPCAUTH_CRED_NEW, &rc->cr_flags))
 		goto out;
 	/* Don't match with creds that have expired. */
-	if (gss_cred->gc_ctx && time_after(jiffies, gss_cred->gc_ctx->gc_expiry))
+	if (time_after(jiffies, gss_cred->gc_ctx->gc_expiry))
+		return 0;
+	if (!test_bit(RPCAUTH_CRED_UPTODATE, &rc->cr_flags))
 		return 0;
 out:
 	if (acred->machine_cred != gss_cred->gc_machine_cred)
@@ -933,16 +916,48 @@ out_put_ctx:
 	return NULL;
 }
 
+static int gss_renew_cred(struct rpc_task *task)
+{
+	struct rpc_cred *oldcred = task->tk_msg.rpc_cred;
+	struct gss_cred *gss_cred = container_of(oldcred,
+						 struct gss_cred,
+						 gc_base);
+	struct rpc_auth *auth = oldcred->cr_auth;
+	struct auth_cred acred = {
+		.uid = oldcred->cr_uid,
+		.machine_cred = gss_cred->gc_machine_cred,
+	};
+	struct rpc_cred *new;
+
+	new = gss_lookup_cred(auth, &acred, RPCAUTH_LOOKUP_NEW);
+	if (IS_ERR(new))
+		return PTR_ERR(new);
+	task->tk_msg.rpc_cred = new;
+	put_rpccred(oldcred);
+	return 0;
+}
+
 /*
 * Refresh credentials. XXX - finish
 */
 static int
 gss_refresh(struct rpc_task *task)
 {
+	struct rpc_cred *cred = task->tk_msg.rpc_cred;
+	int ret = 0;
 
-	if (!gss_cred_is_uptodate_ctx(task->tk_msg.rpc_cred))
-		return gss_refresh_upcall(task);
-	return 0;
+	if (!test_bit(RPCAUTH_CRED_NEW, &cred->cr_flags) &&
+			!test_bit(RPCAUTH_CRED_UPTODATE, &cred->cr_flags)) {
+		ret = gss_renew_cred(task);
+		if (ret < 0)
+			goto out;
+		cred = task->tk_msg.rpc_cred;
+	}
+
+	if (test_bit(RPCAUTH_CRED_NEW, &cred->cr_flags))
+		ret = gss_refresh_upcall(task);
+out:
+	return ret;
 }
 
 /* Dummy refresh routine: used only when destroying the context */