diff --git a/fs/cifs/file.c b/fs/cifs/file.c
index 617f86beb08b514fd39b8a11bf0b3eecc7d6544b..b4e33ef2ff31509125d8d9dc4b1c53a9f5aba003 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/file.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/file.c
@@ -403,10 +403,11 @@ void _cifsFileInfo_put(struct cifsFileInfo *cifs_file, bool wait_oplock_handler)
 	bool oplock_break_cancelled;
 
 	spin_lock(&tcon->open_file_lock);
-
+	spin_lock(&cifsi->open_file_lock);
 	spin_lock(&cifs_file->file_info_lock);
 	if (--cifs_file->count > 0) {
 		spin_unlock(&cifs_file->file_info_lock);
+		spin_unlock(&cifsi->open_file_lock);
 		spin_unlock(&tcon->open_file_lock);
 		return;
 	}
@@ -419,9 +420,7 @@ void _cifsFileInfo_put(struct cifsFileInfo *cifs_file, bool wait_oplock_handler)
 	cifs_add_pending_open_locked(&fid, cifs_file->tlink, &open);
 
 	/* remove it from the lists */
-	spin_lock(&cifsi->open_file_lock);
 	list_del(&cifs_file->flist);
-	spin_unlock(&cifsi->open_file_lock);
 	list_del(&cifs_file->tlist);
 
 	if (list_empty(&cifsi->openFileList)) {
@@ -437,6 +436,7 @@ void _cifsFileInfo_put(struct cifsFileInfo *cifs_file, bool wait_oplock_handler)
 		cifs_set_oplock_level(cifsi, 0);
 	}
 
+	spin_unlock(&cifsi->open_file_lock);
 	spin_unlock(&tcon->open_file_lock);
 
 	oplock_break_cancelled = wait_oplock_handler ?