diff --git a/fs/cifs/smb1ops.c b/fs/cifs/smb1ops.c
index 6dec38f..a288ec2a 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/smb1ops.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/smb1ops.c
@@ -51,6 +51,13 @@ send_nt_cancel(struct TCP_Server_Info *server, void *buf,
 		mutex_unlock(&server->srv_mutex);
 		return rc;
 	}
+
+	/*
+	 * The response to this call was already factored into the sequence
+	 * number when the call went out, so we must adjust it back downward
+	 * after signing here.
+	 */
+	--server->sequence_number;
 	rc = smb_send(server, in_buf, be32_to_cpu(in_buf->smb_buf_length));
 	mutex_unlock(&server->srv_mutex);