diff --git a/net/9p/client.c b/net/9p/client.c
index e7ea6c5c7463..d841d82e908f 100644
--- a/net/9p/client.c
+++ b/net/9p/client.c
@@ -976,6 +976,7 @@ error:
 struct p9_client *p9_client_create(const char *dev_name, char *options)
 {
 	int err;
+	static atomic_t seqno = ATOMIC_INIT(0);
 	struct p9_client *clnt;
 	char *client_id;
 	char *cache_name;
@@ -1035,7 +1036,8 @@ struct p9_client *p9_client_create(const char *dev_name, char *options)
 	if (err)
 		goto close_trans;
 
-	cache_name = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "9p-fcall-cache-%s", dev_name);
+	cache_name = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL,
+		"9p-fcall-cache-%u", atomic_inc_return(&seqno));
 	if (!cache_name) {
 		err = -ENOMEM;
 		goto close_trans;