diff --git a/ssh/server.go b/ssh/server.go
index b6911e8306..99cb56bacc 100644
--- a/ssh/server.go
+++ b/ssh/server.go
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ func checkSourceAddress(addr net.Addr, sourceAddrs string) error {
 	return fmt.Errorf("ssh: remote address %v is not allowed because of source-address restriction", addr)
 }
 
-func gssExchangeToken(gssapiConfig *GSSAPIWithMICConfig, firstToken []byte, s *connection,
+func gssExchangeToken(gssapiConfig *GSSAPIWithMICConfig, token []byte, s *connection,
 	sessionID []byte, userAuthReq userAuthRequestMsg) (authErr error, perms *Permissions, err error) {
 	gssAPIServer := gssapiConfig.Server
 	defer gssAPIServer.DeleteSecContext()
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ func gssExchangeToken(gssapiConfig *GSSAPIWithMICConfig, firstToken []byte, s *c
 			outToken     []byte
 			needContinue bool
 		)
-		outToken, srcName, needContinue, err = gssAPIServer.AcceptSecContext(firstToken)
+		outToken, srcName, needContinue, err = gssAPIServer.AcceptSecContext(token)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err, nil, nil
 		}
@@ -353,6 +353,7 @@ func gssExchangeToken(gssapiConfig *GSSAPIWithMICConfig, firstToken []byte, s *c
 		if err := Unmarshal(packet, userAuthGSSAPITokenReq); err != nil {
 			return nil, nil, err
 		}
+		token = userAuthGSSAPITokenReq.Token
 	}
 	packet, err := s.transport.readPacket()
 	if err != nil {