diff --git a/x/mongo/driver/session/server_session.go b/x/mongo/driver/session/server_session.go
index 4dbb5ee960..e7881fa170 100644
--- a/x/mongo/driver/session/server_session.go
+++ b/x/mongo/driver/session/server_session.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 
 	"crypto/rand"
 
+	"go.mongodb.org/mongo-driver/mongo/description"
 	"go.mongodb.org/mongo-driver/x/bsonx/bsoncore"
 	"go.mongodb.org/mongo-driver/x/mongo/driver/uuid"
 )
@@ -27,12 +28,18 @@ type Server struct {
 
 // returns whether or not a session has expired given a timeout in minutes
 // a session is considered expired if it has less than 1 minute left before becoming stale
-func (ss *Server) expired(timeoutMinutes uint32) bool {
-	if timeoutMinutes <= 0 {
+func (ss *Server) expired(topoDesc topologyDescription) bool {
+	// There is no server monitoring in LB mode, so we do not track session timeout minutes from server hello responses
+	// and never consider sessions to be expired.
+	if topoDesc.kind == description.LoadBalanced {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	if topoDesc.timeoutMinutes <= 0 {
 		return true
 	}
 	timeUnused := time.Since(ss.LastUsed).Minutes()
-	return timeUnused > float64(timeoutMinutes-1)
+	return timeUnused > float64(topoDesc.timeoutMinutes-1)
 }
 
 // update the last used time for this session.
diff --git a/x/mongo/driver/session/server_session_test.go b/x/mongo/driver/session/server_session_test.go
index 57b53a1041..f608ef94a8 100644
--- a/x/mongo/driver/session/server_session_test.go
+++ b/x/mongo/driver/session/server_session_test.go
@@ -10,21 +10,33 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+	"go.mongodb.org/mongo-driver/internal/testutil/assert"
+	"go.mongodb.org/mongo-driver/mongo/description"
 )
 
 func TestServerSession(t *testing.T) {
-
 	t.Run("Expired", func(t *testing.T) {
-		sess, err := newServerSession()
-		require.Nil(t, err, "Unexpected error")
-		if !sess.expired(0) {
-			t.Errorf("session should be expired")
-		}
-		sess.LastUsed = time.Now().Add(-30 * time.Minute)
-		if !sess.expired(30) {
-			t.Errorf("session should be expired")
-		}
+		t.Run("non-lb mode", func(t *testing.T) {
+			sess, err := newServerSession()
+			assert.Nil(t, err, "newServerSession error: %v", err)
+
+			// The session should be expired if timeoutMinutes is 0 or if its last used time is too old.
+			assert.True(t, sess.expired(topologyDescription{}), "expected session to be expired when timeoutMinutes=0")
+			sess.LastUsed = time.Now().Add(-30 * time.Minute)
+			topoDesc := topologyDescription{timeoutMinutes: 30}
+			assert.True(t, sess.expired(topoDesc), "expected session to be expired when timeoutMinutes=30")
+		})
+		t.Run("lb mode", func(t *testing.T) {
+			sess, err := newServerSession()
+			assert.Nil(t, err, "newServerSession error: %v", err)
+
+			// The session should never be considered expired.
+			topoDesc := topologyDescription{kind: description.LoadBalanced}
+			assert.False(t, sess.expired(topoDesc), "session reported that it was expired in LB mode with timeoutMinutes=0")
 
+			sess.LastUsed = time.Now().Add(-30 * time.Minute)
+			topoDesc.timeoutMinutes = 10
+			assert.False(t, sess.expired(topoDesc), "session reported that it was expired in LB mode with timeoutMinutes=10")
+		})
 	})
 }
diff --git a/x/mongo/driver/session/session_pool.go b/x/mongo/driver/session/session_pool.go
index 61616ac316..27db7c476f 100644
--- a/x/mongo/driver/session/session_pool.go
+++ b/x/mongo/driver/session/session_pool.go
@@ -20,13 +20,20 @@ type Node struct {
 	prev *Node
 }
 
+// topologyDescription is used to track a subset of the fields present in a description.Topology instance that are
+// relevant for determining session expiration.
+type topologyDescription struct {
+	kind           description.TopologyKind
+	timeoutMinutes uint32
+}
+
 // Pool is a pool of server sessions that can be reused.
 type Pool struct {
-	descChan <-chan description.Topology
-	head     *Node
-	tail     *Node
-	timeout  uint32
-	mutex    sync.Mutex // mutex to protect list and sessionTimeout
+	descChan       <-chan description.Topology
+	head           *Node
+	tail           *Node
+	latestTopology topologyDescription
+	mutex          sync.Mutex // mutex to protect list and sessionTimeout
 
 	checkedOut int // number of sessions checked out of pool
 }
@@ -54,7 +61,10 @@ func NewPool(descChan <-chan description.Topology) *Pool {
 func (p *Pool) updateTimeout() {
 	select {
 	case newDesc := <-p.descChan:
-		p.timeout = newDesc.SessionTimeoutMinutes
+		p.latestTopology = topologyDescription{
+			kind:           newDesc.Kind,
+			timeoutMinutes: newDesc.SessionTimeoutMinutes,
+		}
 	default:
 		// no new description waiting
 	}
@@ -73,7 +83,7 @@ func (p *Pool) GetSession() (*Server, error) {
 	p.updateTimeout()
 	for p.head != nil {
 		// pull session from head of queue and return if it is valid for at least 1 more minute
-		if p.head.expired(p.timeout) {
+		if p.head.expired(p.latestTopology) {
 			p.head = p.head.next
 			continue
 		}
@@ -112,7 +122,7 @@ func (p *Pool) ReturnSession(ss *Server) {
 	p.updateTimeout()
 	// check sessions at end of queue for expired
 	// stop checking after hitting the first valid session
-	for p.tail != nil && p.tail.expired(p.timeout) {
+	for p.tail != nil && p.tail.expired(p.latestTopology) {
 		if p.tail.prev != nil {
 			p.tail.prev.next = nil
 		}
@@ -120,7 +130,7 @@ func (p *Pool) ReturnSession(ss *Server) {
 	}
 
 	// session expired
-	if ss.expired(p.timeout) {
+	if ss.expired(p.latestTopology) {
 		return
 	}
 
diff --git a/x/mongo/driver/session/session_pool_test.go b/x/mongo/driver/session/session_pool_test.go
index 0259af69af..62d4164a0f 100644
--- a/x/mongo/driver/session/session_pool_test.go
+++ b/x/mongo/driver/session/session_pool_test.go
@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@ func TestSessionPool(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Run("TestLifo", func(t *testing.T) {
 		descChan := make(chan description.Topology)
 		p := NewPool(descChan)
-		p.timeout = 30 // Set to some arbitrarily high number greater than 1 minute.
+		p.latestTopology = topologyDescription{
+			timeoutMinutes: 30, // Set to some arbitrarily high number greater than 1 minute.
+		}
 
 		first, err := p.GetSession()
 		assert.Nil(t, err, "GetSession error: %v", err)
@@ -45,8 +47,8 @@ func TestSessionPool(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Run("TestExpiredRemoved", func(t *testing.T) {
 		descChan := make(chan description.Topology)
 		p := NewPool(descChan)
-		// New sessions will always become stale when returned
-		p.timeout = 0
+		// Set timeout minutes to 0 so new sessions will always become stale when returned
+		p.latestTopology = topologyDescription{}
 
 		first, err := p.GetSession()
 		assert.Nil(t, err, "GetSession error: %v", err)