diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4state.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4state.c
index b922e43..590f096 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4state.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4state.c
@@ -1015,7 +1015,7 @@
 {
 	struct nfs_seqid_counter *sequence;
 
-	if (list_empty(&seqid->list))
+	if (seqid == NULL || list_empty(&seqid->list))
 		return;
 	sequence = seqid->sequence;
 	spin_lock(&sequence->lock);
@@ -1071,13 +1071,15 @@
 
 void nfs_increment_open_seqid(int status, struct nfs_seqid *seqid)
 {
-	struct nfs4_state_owner *sp = container_of(seqid->sequence,
-					struct nfs4_state_owner, so_seqid);
-	struct nfs_server *server = sp->so_server;
+	struct nfs4_state_owner *sp;
 
+	if (seqid == NULL)
+		return;
+
+	sp = container_of(seqid->sequence, struct nfs4_state_owner, so_seqid);
 	if (status == -NFS4ERR_BAD_SEQID)
 		nfs4_drop_state_owner(sp);
-	if (!nfs4_has_session(server->nfs_client))
+	if (!nfs4_has_session(sp->so_server->nfs_client))
 		nfs_increment_seqid(status, seqid);
 }
 
@@ -1088,14 +1090,18 @@
  */
 void nfs_increment_lock_seqid(int status, struct nfs_seqid *seqid)
 {
-	nfs_increment_seqid(status, seqid);
+	if (seqid != NULL)
+		nfs_increment_seqid(status, seqid);
 }
 
 int nfs_wait_on_sequence(struct nfs_seqid *seqid, struct rpc_task *task)
 {
-	struct nfs_seqid_counter *sequence = seqid->sequence;
+	struct nfs_seqid_counter *sequence;
 	int status = 0;
 
+	if (seqid == NULL)
+		goto out;
+	sequence = seqid->sequence;
 	spin_lock(&sequence->lock);
 	seqid->task = task;
 	if (list_empty(&seqid->list))
@@ -1106,6 +1112,7 @@
 	status = -EAGAIN;
 unlock:
 	spin_unlock(&sequence->lock);
+out:
 	return status;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4xdr.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4xdr.c
index 7e7be5a..d05fada 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4xdr.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4xdr.c
@@ -946,7 +946,10 @@
 static void encode_nfs4_seqid(struct xdr_stream *xdr,
 		const struct nfs_seqid *seqid)
 {
-	encode_uint32(xdr, seqid->sequence->counter);
+	if (seqid != NULL)
+		encode_uint32(xdr, seqid->sequence->counter);
+	else
+		encode_uint32(xdr, 0);
 }
 
 static void encode_compound_hdr(struct xdr_stream *xdr,