diff --git a/x/mongo/driver/auth/internal/gssapi/sspi.go b/x/mongo/driver/auth/internal/gssapi/sspi.go
index d73da025bb..f1da5a8521 100644
--- a/x/mongo/driver/auth/internal/gssapi/sspi.go
+++ b/x/mongo/driver/auth/internal/gssapi/sspi.go
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ func (sc *SaslClient) Start() (string, []byte, error) {
 		return mechName, nil, sc.getError("unable to initialize client")
 	}
 
-	payload, err := sc.Next(nil)
+	payload, err := sc.Next(nil, nil)
 
 	return mechName, payload, err
 }