diff --git a/fs/cifs/connect.c b/fs/cifs/connect.c
index 6221aef45ff5b41daf9ea97b3c53053b4d693f1c..1605bf2506918ba21584495c742381270a3b4f78 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/connect.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/connect.c
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ cifs_reconnect(struct TCP_Server_Info *server)
 	server->maxBuf = 0;
 	server->max_read = 0;
 
-	cifs_dbg(FYI, "Reconnecting tcp session\n");
+	cifs_dbg(FYI, "Mark tcp session as need reconnect\n");
 	trace_smb3_reconnect(server->CurrentMid, server->hostname);
 
 	/* before reconnecting the tcp session, mark the smb session (uid)
diff --git a/fs/cifs/smb2ops.c b/fs/cifs/smb2ops.c
index 41342a8dc53ed24732ff81dc975c0d78741fcc87..c599fc6acba6d599a05cb1f85f3c6287ba54c9f5 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/smb2ops.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/smb2ops.c
@@ -113,6 +113,9 @@ smb2_set_credits(struct TCP_Server_Info *server, const int val)
 	if (val == 1)
 		server->reconnect_instance++;
 	spin_unlock(&server->req_lock);
+	/* don't log while holding the lock */
+	if (val == 1)
+		cifs_dbg(FYI, "set credits to 1 due to smb2 reconnect\n");
 }
 
 static int *