diff --git a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/auth_gss.c b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/auth_gss.c
index 97912b40c254..42fdfc634e56 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/auth_gss.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/auth_gss.c
@@ -1517,7 +1517,7 @@ out:
 static int
 gss_refresh_null(struct rpc_task *task)
 {
-	return -EACCES;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static __be32 *