diff --git a/net/sunrpc/cache.c b/net/sunrpc/cache.c
index 7081c1214e6c..b5474ce534fb 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/cache.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/cache.c
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ void sunrpc_init_cache_detail(struct cache_detail *cd)
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&cd->readers);
 	spin_lock_init(&cd->queue_lock);
 	init_waitqueue_head(&cd->queue_wait);
-	cd->next_seqno = 0;
+	cd->next_seqno = 1;
 	spin_lock(&cache_list_lock);
 	cd->nextcheck = 0;
 	cd->entries = 0;