diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.h b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.h
index 71fe0a0a799265b677bb8d874de1f29d73ed105b..415176b2cf321ff2c270d410f47b04a310938a82 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.h
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.h
@@ -124,7 +124,10 @@ extern const struct dentry_operations cifs_ci_dentry_ops;
 #ifdef CONFIG_CIFS_DFS_UPCALL
 extern struct vfsmount *cifs_dfs_d_automount(struct path *path);
 #else
-#define cifs_dfs_d_automount NULL
+static inline struct vfsmount *cifs_dfs_d_automount(struct path *path)
+{
+	return ERR_PTR(-EREMOTE);
+}
 #endif
 
 /* Functions related to symlinks */
diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c b/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c
index 38a697eca3050d5a862a7ef917f84edec9d4ba3e..0d30b17494e4ab1db9046052e8a9def4bc3ea93b 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ cifs_reconnect_tcon(struct cifs_tcon *tcon, int smb_command)
 	int rc;
 	struct cifs_ses *ses;
 	struct TCP_Server_Info *server;
-	struct nls_table *nls_codepage;
+	struct nls_table *nls_codepage = NULL;
 
 	/*
 	 * SMBs NegProt, SessSetup, uLogoff do not have tcon yet so check for
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ cifs_reconnect_tcon(struct cifs_tcon *tcon, int smb_command)
 	}
 	spin_unlock(&tcon->tc_lock);
 
+again:
 	rc = cifs_wait_for_server_reconnect(server, tcon->retry);
 	if (rc)
 		return rc;
@@ -110,8 +111,7 @@ cifs_reconnect_tcon(struct cifs_tcon *tcon, int smb_command)
 	}
 	spin_unlock(&ses->chan_lock);
 
-	nls_codepage = load_nls_default();
-
+	mutex_lock(&ses->session_mutex);
 	/*
 	 * Recheck after acquire mutex. If another thread is negotiating
 	 * and the server never sends an answer the socket will be closed
@@ -120,29 +120,38 @@ cifs_reconnect_tcon(struct cifs_tcon *tcon, int smb_command)
 	spin_lock(&server->srv_lock);
 	if (server->tcpStatus == CifsNeedReconnect) {
 		spin_unlock(&server->srv_lock);
+		mutex_lock(&ses->session_mutex);
+
+		if (tcon->retry)
+			goto again;
 		rc = -EHOSTDOWN;
 		goto out;
 	}
 	spin_unlock(&server->srv_lock);
 
+	nls_codepage = load_nls_default();
+
 	/*
 	 * need to prevent multiple threads trying to simultaneously
 	 * reconnect the same SMB session
 	 */
+	spin_lock(&ses->ses_lock);
 	spin_lock(&ses->chan_lock);
-	if (!cifs_chan_needs_reconnect(ses, server)) {
+	if (!cifs_chan_needs_reconnect(ses, server) &&
+	    ses->ses_status == SES_GOOD) {
 		spin_unlock(&ses->chan_lock);
+		spin_unlock(&ses->ses_lock);
 
 		/* this means that we only need to tree connect */
 		if (tcon->need_reconnect)
 			goto skip_sess_setup;
 
-		rc = -EHOSTDOWN;
+		mutex_unlock(&ses->session_mutex);
 		goto out;
 	}
 	spin_unlock(&ses->chan_lock);
+	spin_unlock(&ses->ses_lock);
 
-	mutex_lock(&ses->session_mutex);
 	rc = cifs_negotiate_protocol(0, ses, server);
 	if (!rc)
 		rc = cifs_setup_session(0, ses, server, nls_codepage);
@@ -4373,8 +4382,13 @@ CIFSGetDFSRefer(const unsigned int xid, struct cifs_ses *ses,
 		return -ENODEV;
 
 getDFSRetry:
-	rc = smb_init(SMB_COM_TRANSACTION2, 15, ses->tcon_ipc, (void **) &pSMB,
-		      (void **) &pSMBr);
+	/*
+	 * Use smb_init_no_reconnect() instead of smb_init() as
+	 * CIFSGetDFSRefer() may be called from cifs_reconnect_tcon() and thus
+	 * causing an infinite recursion.
+	 */
+	rc = smb_init_no_reconnect(SMB_COM_TRANSACTION2, 15, ses->tcon_ipc,
+				   (void **)&pSMB, (void **)&pSMBr);
 	if (rc)
 		return rc;
 
diff --git a/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c b/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c
index 6bd2aa6af18f36a7c00cb54966d32890d7ac63e9..2b92132097dc89363f4470b54a3355f61e75109e 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c
@@ -310,7 +310,6 @@ smb2_reconnect(__le16 smb2_command, struct cifs_tcon *tcon,
 	case SMB2_READ:
 	case SMB2_WRITE:
 	case SMB2_LOCK:
-	case SMB2_IOCTL:
 	case SMB2_QUERY_DIRECTORY:
 	case SMB2_CHANGE_NOTIFY:
 	case SMB2_QUERY_INFO: