diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
index e1214bb6b7ee5..1f38f8cd8c3ce 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
@@ -1609,15 +1609,16 @@ static bool nfs_stateid_is_sequential(struct nfs4_state *state,
 {
 	if (test_bit(NFS_OPEN_STATE, &state->flags)) {
 		/* The common case - we're updating to a new sequence number */
-		if (nfs4_stateid_match_other(stateid, &state->open_stateid) &&
-			nfs4_stateid_is_next(&state->open_stateid, stateid)) {
-			return true;
+		if (nfs4_stateid_match_other(stateid, &state->open_stateid)) {
+			if (nfs4_stateid_is_next(&state->open_stateid, stateid))
+				return true;
+			return false;
 		}
-	} else {
-		/* This is the first OPEN in this generation */
-		if (stateid->seqid == cpu_to_be32(1))
-			return true;
+		/* The server returned a new stateid */
 	}
+	/* This is the first OPEN in this generation */
+	if (stateid->seqid == cpu_to_be32(1))
+		return true;
 	return false;
 }