diff --git a/include/linux/sunrpc/gss_krb5.h b/include/linux/sunrpc/gss_krb5.h
index 69f749afa617..4162de72e95c 100644
--- a/include/linux/sunrpc/gss_krb5.h
+++ b/include/linux/sunrpc/gss_krb5.h
@@ -107,8 +107,8 @@ struct krb5_ctx {
 	u8			Ksess[GSS_KRB5_MAX_KEYLEN]; /* session key */
 	u8			cksum[GSS_KRB5_MAX_KEYLEN];
 	s32			endtime;
-	u32			seq_send;
-	u64			seq_send64;
+	atomic_t		seq_send;
+	atomic64_t		seq_send64;
 	struct xdr_netobj	mech_used;
 	u8			initiator_sign[GSS_KRB5_MAX_KEYLEN];
 	u8			acceptor_sign[GSS_KRB5_MAX_KEYLEN];
@@ -118,9 +118,6 @@ struct krb5_ctx {
 	u8			acceptor_integ[GSS_KRB5_MAX_KEYLEN];
 };
 
-extern u32 gss_seq_send_fetch_and_inc(struct krb5_ctx *ctx);
-extern u64 gss_seq_send64_fetch_and_inc(struct krb5_ctx *ctx);
-
 /* The length of the Kerberos GSS token header */
 #define GSS_KRB5_TOK_HDR_LEN	(16)
 
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_krb5_mech.c b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_krb5_mech.c
index 7bb2514aadd9..71cb29dc86c2 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_krb5_mech.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_krb5_mech.c
@@ -275,6 +275,7 @@ out_err:
 static int
 gss_import_v1_context(const void *p, const void *end, struct krb5_ctx *ctx)
 {
+	u32 seq_send;
 	int tmp;
 
 	p = simple_get_bytes(p, end, &ctx->initiate, sizeof(ctx->initiate));
@@ -316,9 +317,10 @@ gss_import_v1_context(const void *p, const void *end, struct krb5_ctx *ctx)
 	p = simple_get_bytes(p, end, &ctx->endtime, sizeof(ctx->endtime));
 	if (IS_ERR(p))
 		goto out_err;
-	p = simple_get_bytes(p, end, &ctx->seq_send, sizeof(ctx->seq_send));
+	p = simple_get_bytes(p, end, &seq_send, sizeof(seq_send));
 	if (IS_ERR(p))
 		goto out_err;
+	atomic_set(&ctx->seq_send, seq_send);
 	p = simple_get_netobj(p, end, &ctx->mech_used);
 	if (IS_ERR(p))
 		goto out_err;
@@ -610,6 +612,7 @@ static int
 gss_import_v2_context(const void *p, const void *end, struct krb5_ctx *ctx,
 		gfp_t gfp_mask)
 {
+	u64 seq_send64;
 	int keylen;
 
 	p = simple_get_bytes(p, end, &ctx->flags, sizeof(ctx->flags));
@@ -620,14 +623,15 @@ gss_import_v2_context(const void *p, const void *end, struct krb5_ctx *ctx,
 	p = simple_get_bytes(p, end, &ctx->endtime, sizeof(ctx->endtime));
 	if (IS_ERR(p))
 		goto out_err;
-	p = simple_get_bytes(p, end, &ctx->seq_send64, sizeof(ctx->seq_send64));
+	p = simple_get_bytes(p, end, &seq_send64, sizeof(seq_send64));
 	if (IS_ERR(p))
 		goto out_err;
+	atomic64_set(&ctx->seq_send64, seq_send64);
 	/* set seq_send for use by "older" enctypes */
-	ctx->seq_send = ctx->seq_send64;
-	if (ctx->seq_send64 != ctx->seq_send) {
-		dprintk("%s: seq_send64 %lx, seq_send %x overflow?\n", __func__,
-			(unsigned long)ctx->seq_send64, ctx->seq_send);
+	atomic_set(&ctx->seq_send, seq_send64);
+	if (seq_send64 != atomic_read(&ctx->seq_send)) {
+		dprintk("%s: seq_send64 %llx, seq_send %x overflow?\n", __func__,
+			seq_send64, atomic_read(&ctx->seq_send));
 		p = ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
 		goto out_err;
 	}
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_krb5_seal.c b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_krb5_seal.c
index b4adeb06660b..48fe4a591b54 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_krb5_seal.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_krb5_seal.c
@@ -123,30 +123,6 @@ setup_token_v2(struct krb5_ctx *ctx, struct xdr_netobj *token)
 	return krb5_hdr;
 }
 
-u32
-gss_seq_send_fetch_and_inc(struct krb5_ctx *ctx)
-{
-	u32 old, seq_send = READ_ONCE(ctx->seq_send);
-
-	do {
-		old = seq_send;
-		seq_send = cmpxchg(&ctx->seq_send, old, old + 1);
-	} while (old != seq_send);
-	return seq_send;
-}
-
-u64
-gss_seq_send64_fetch_and_inc(struct krb5_ctx *ctx)
-{
-	u64 old, seq_send = READ_ONCE(ctx->seq_send);
-
-	do {
-		old = seq_send;
-		seq_send = cmpxchg64(&ctx->seq_send64, old, old + 1);
-	} while (old != seq_send);
-	return seq_send;
-}
-
 static u32
 gss_get_mic_v1(struct krb5_ctx *ctx, struct xdr_buf *text,
 		struct xdr_netobj *token)
@@ -177,7 +153,7 @@ gss_get_mic_v1(struct krb5_ctx *ctx, struct xdr_buf *text,
 
 	memcpy(ptr + GSS_KRB5_TOK_HDR_LEN, md5cksum.data, md5cksum.len);
 
-	seq_send = gss_seq_send_fetch_and_inc(ctx);
+	seq_send = atomic_fetch_inc(&ctx->seq_send);
 
 	if (krb5_make_seq_num(ctx, ctx->seq, ctx->initiate ? 0 : 0xff,
 			      seq_send, ptr + GSS_KRB5_TOK_HDR_LEN, ptr + 8))
@@ -205,7 +181,7 @@ gss_get_mic_v2(struct krb5_ctx *ctx, struct xdr_buf *text,
 
 	/* Set up the sequence number. Now 64-bits in clear
 	 * text and w/o direction indicator */
-	seq_send_be64 = cpu_to_be64(gss_seq_send64_fetch_and_inc(ctx));
+	seq_send_be64 = cpu_to_be64(atomic64_fetch_inc(&ctx->seq_send64));
 	memcpy(krb5_hdr + 8, (char *) &seq_send_be64, 8);
 
 	if (ctx->initiate) {
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_krb5_wrap.c b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_krb5_wrap.c
index 41cb294cd071..6af6f119d9c1 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_krb5_wrap.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_krb5_wrap.c
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ gss_wrap_kerberos_v1(struct krb5_ctx *kctx, int offset,
 
 	memcpy(ptr + GSS_KRB5_TOK_HDR_LEN, md5cksum.data, md5cksum.len);
 
-	seq_send = gss_seq_send_fetch_and_inc(kctx);
+	seq_send = atomic_fetch_inc(&kctx->seq_send);
 
 	/* XXX would probably be more efficient to compute checksum
 	 * and encrypt at the same time: */
@@ -475,7 +475,7 @@ gss_wrap_kerberos_v2(struct krb5_ctx *kctx, u32 offset,
 	*be16ptr++ = 0;
 
 	be64ptr = (__be64 *)be16ptr;
-	*be64ptr = cpu_to_be64(gss_seq_send64_fetch_and_inc(kctx));
+	*be64ptr = cpu_to_be64(atomic64_fetch_inc(&kctx->seq_send64));
 
 	err = (*kctx->gk5e->encrypt_v2)(kctx, offset, buf, pages);
 	if (err)