diff --git a/fs/cifs/connect.c b/fs/cifs/connect.c
index 17ca8ce81bb78de0e14cc91259b2c4bb3ac0f02b..1126f7ab4606083635546ba8f485b7ae7940615b 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/connect.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/connect.c
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ cifs_reconnect(struct TCP_Server_Info *server)
 	struct mid_q_entry *mid_entry;
 
 	spin_lock(&GlobalMid_Lock);
-	if (kthread_should_stop()) {
+	if (server->tcpStatus == CifsExiting) {
 		/* the demux thread will exit normally
 		next time through the loop */
 		spin_unlock(&GlobalMid_Lock);
@@ -185,7 +185,8 @@ cifs_reconnect(struct TCP_Server_Info *server)
 	spin_unlock(&GlobalMid_Lock);
 	up(&server->tcpSem);
 
-	while ((!kthread_should_stop()) && (server->tcpStatus != CifsGood)) {
+	while ((server->tcpStatus != CifsExiting) &&
+	       (server->tcpStatus != CifsGood)) {
 		try_to_freeze();
 		if (server->protocolType == IPV6) {
 			rc = ipv6_connect(&server->addr.sockAddr6,
@@ -202,7 +203,7 @@ cifs_reconnect(struct TCP_Server_Info *server)
 		} else {
 			atomic_inc(&tcpSesReconnectCount);
 			spin_lock(&GlobalMid_Lock);
-			if (!kthread_should_stop())
+			if (server->tcpStatus != CifsExiting)
 				server->tcpStatus = CifsGood;
 			server->sequence_number = 0;
 			spin_unlock(&GlobalMid_Lock);
@@ -357,7 +358,7 @@ cifs_demultiplex_thread(struct TCP_Server_Info *server)
 				GFP_KERNEL);
 
 	set_freezable();
-	while (!kthread_should_stop()) {
+	while (server->tcpStatus != CifsExiting) {
 		if (try_to_freeze())
 			continue;
 		if (bigbuf == NULL) {
@@ -398,7 +399,7 @@ cifs_demultiplex_thread(struct TCP_Server_Info *server)
 		    kernel_recvmsg(csocket, &smb_msg,
 				&iov, 1, pdu_length, 0 /* BB other flags? */);
 
-		if (kthread_should_stop()) {
+		if (server->tcpStatus == CifsExiting) {
 			break;
 		} else if (server->tcpStatus == CifsNeedReconnect) {
 			cFYI(1, ("Reconnect after server stopped responding"));
@@ -523,7 +524,7 @@ cifs_demultiplex_thread(struct TCP_Server_Info *server)
 		     total_read += length) {
 			length = kernel_recvmsg(csocket, &smb_msg, &iov, 1,
 						pdu_length - total_read, 0);
-			if (kthread_should_stop() ||
+			if ((server->tcpStatus == CifsExiting) ||
 			    (length == -EINTR)) {
 				/* then will exit */
 				reconnect = 2;
@@ -652,14 +653,6 @@ cifs_demultiplex_thread(struct TCP_Server_Info *server)
 	spin_unlock(&GlobalMid_Lock);
 	wake_up_all(&server->response_q);
 
-	/* don't exit until kthread_stop is called */
-	set_current_state(TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
-	while (!kthread_should_stop()) {
-		schedule();
-		set_current_state(TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
-	}
-	set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
-
 	/* check if we have blocked requests that need to free */
 	/* Note that cifs_max_pending is normally 50, but
 	can be set at module install time to as little as two */
@@ -2234,14 +2227,7 @@ cifs_mount(struct super_block *sb, struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb,
 			spin_lock(&GlobalMid_Lock);
 			srvTcp->tcpStatus = CifsExiting;
 			spin_unlock(&GlobalMid_Lock);
-			if (srvTcp->tsk) {
-				/* If we could verify that kthread_stop would
-				   always wake up processes blocked in
-				   tcp in recv_mesg then we could remove the
-				   send_sig call */
-				force_sig(SIGKILL, srvTcp->tsk);
-				kthread_stop(srvTcp->tsk);
-			}
+			force_sig(SIGKILL, srvTcp->tsk);
 		}
 		 /* If find_unc succeeded then rc == 0 so we can not end */
 		if (tcon)  /* up accidently freeing someone elses tcon struct */
@@ -2255,18 +2241,18 @@ cifs_mount(struct super_block *sb, struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb,
 					/* if the socketUseCount is now zero */
 					if ((temp_rc == -ESHUTDOWN) &&
 					    (pSesInfo->server) &&
-					    (pSesInfo->server->tsk)) {
+					    (pSesInfo->server->tsk))
 						force_sig(SIGKILL,
 							pSesInfo->server->tsk);
-						kthread_stop(pSesInfo->server->tsk);
-					}
 				} else {
 					cFYI(1, ("No session or bad tcon"));
 					if ((pSesInfo->server) &&
 					    (pSesInfo->server->tsk)) {
+						spin_lock(&GlobalMid_Lock);
+						srvTcp->tcpStatus = CifsExiting;
+						spin_unlock(&GlobalMid_Lock);
 						force_sig(SIGKILL,
 							pSesInfo->server->tsk);
-						kthread_stop(pSesInfo->server->tsk);
 					}
 				}
 				sesInfoFree(pSesInfo);
@@ -3577,10 +3563,8 @@ cifs_umount(struct super_block *sb, struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb)
 				return 0;
 			} else if (rc == -ESHUTDOWN) {
 				cFYI(1, ("Waking up socket by sending signal"));
-				if (cifsd_task) {
+				if (cifsd_task)
 					force_sig(SIGKILL, cifsd_task);
-					kthread_stop(cifsd_task);
-				}
 				rc = 0;
 			} /* else - we have an smb session
 				left on this socket do not kill cifsd */
@@ -3710,7 +3694,9 @@ int cifs_setup_session(unsigned int xid, struct cifsSesInfo *pSesInfo,
 		cERROR(1, ("Send error in SessSetup = %d", rc));
 	} else {
 		cFYI(1, ("CIFS Session Established successfully"));
+			spin_lock(&GlobalMid_Lock);
 			pSesInfo->status = CifsGood;
+			spin_unlock(&GlobalMid_Lock);
 	}
 
 ss_err_exit: