diff -up libtirpc-1.1.4/src/auth_gss.c.orig libtirpc-1.1.4/src/auth_gss.c
--- libtirpc-1.1.4/src/auth_gss.c.orig	2021-04-17 13:11:03.229880600 -0400
+++ libtirpc-1.1.4/src/auth_gss.c	2021-04-17 13:15:10.722391798 -0400
@@ -982,3 +982,9 @@ rpc_gss_max_data_length(AUTH *auth, int
 	rpc_gss_clear_error();
 	return result;
 }
+
+bool_t
+is_authgss_client(CLIENT *clnt)
+{
+	return (clnt->cl_auth->ah_ops == &authgss_ops);
+}
diff -up libtirpc-1.1.4/src/clnt_dg.c.orig libtirpc-1.1.4/src/clnt_dg.c
--- libtirpc-1.1.4/src/clnt_dg.c.orig	2018-08-27 10:06:49.000000000 -0400
+++ libtirpc-1.1.4/src/clnt_dg.c	2021-04-17 13:15:10.722391798 -0400
@@ -60,6 +60,9 @@
 #include <sys/uio.h>
 #endif
 
+#ifdef HAVE_RPCSEC_GSS
+#include <rpc/auth_gss.h>
+#endif
 
 #define MAX_DEFAULT_FDS                 20000
 
@@ -356,6 +359,11 @@ clnt_dg_call(cl, proc, xargs, argsp, xre
 		salen = cu->cu_rlen;
 	}
 
+#ifdef HAVE_RPCSEC_GSS
+	if (is_authgss_client(cl))
+		nrefreshes = 0;
+#endif
+
 	/* Clean up in case the last call ended in a longjmp(3) call. */
 call_again:
 	xdrs = &(cu->cu_outxdrs);
diff -up libtirpc-1.1.4/src/clnt_vc.c.orig libtirpc-1.1.4/src/clnt_vc.c
--- libtirpc-1.1.4/src/clnt_vc.c.orig	2018-08-27 10:06:49.000000000 -0400
+++ libtirpc-1.1.4/src/clnt_vc.c	2021-04-17 13:15:10.723391824 -0400
@@ -68,6 +68,10 @@
 #include <rpc/rpc.h>
 #include "rpc_com.h"
 
+#ifdef HAVE_RPCSEC_GSS
+#include <rpc/auth_gss.h>
+#endif
+
 #define MCALL_MSG_SIZE 24
 
 #define CMGROUP_MAX    16
@@ -380,6 +384,11 @@ clnt_vc_call(cl, proc, xdr_args, args_pt
 	    (xdr_results == NULL && timeout.tv_sec == 0
 	    && timeout.tv_usec == 0) ? FALSE : TRUE;
 
+#ifdef HAVE_RPCSEC_GSS
+	if (is_authgss_client(cl))
+		refreshes = 0;
+#endif
+
 call_again:
 	xdrs->x_op = XDR_ENCODE;
 	ct->ct_error.re_status = RPC_SUCCESS;
diff -up libtirpc-1.1.4/tirpc/rpc/auth_gss.h.orig libtirpc-1.1.4/tirpc/rpc/auth_gss.h
--- libtirpc-1.1.4/tirpc/rpc/auth_gss.h.orig	2018-08-27 10:06:49.000000000 -0400
+++ libtirpc-1.1.4/tirpc/rpc/auth_gss.h	2021-04-17 13:15:10.723391824 -0400
@@ -120,6 +120,8 @@ void	gss_log_debug		(const char *fmt, ..
 void	gss_log_status		(char *m, OM_uint32 major, OM_uint32 minor);
 void	gss_log_hexdump		(const u_char *buf, int len, int offset);
 
+bool_t	is_authgss_client	(CLIENT *);
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif