diff --git a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_rpc_xdr.c b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_rpc_xdr.c
index f2b8f919adea..0549edae1ebe 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_rpc_xdr.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_rpc_xdr.c
@@ -231,6 +231,7 @@ static int gssx_dec_option_array(struct xdr_stream *xdr,
 				 struct gssx_option_array *oa)
 {
 	struct svc_cred *creds;
+	bool creds_decoded = false;
 	u32 count, i;
 	__be32 *p;
 	int err;
@@ -281,9 +282,14 @@ static int gssx_dec_option_array(struct xdr_stream *xdr,
 		if (length == sizeof(CREDS_VALUE) &&
 		    memcmp(p, CREDS_VALUE, sizeof(CREDS_VALUE)) == 0) {
 			/* We have creds here. parse them */
+			if (creds_decoded) {
+				err = -EINVAL;
+				goto free_creds;
+			}
 			err = gssx_dec_linux_creds(xdr, creds);
 			if (err)
 				goto free_creds;
+			creds_decoded = true;
 			oa->data[0].value.len = 1; /* presence */
 		} else {
 			/* consume uninteresting buffer */