diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h b/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h
index 89a0d7f17cc7953ef122e377cc19cddf450c5f39..59ab5a29d2568b23b53ed6f0af070ecf77cdd5d2 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h
@@ -926,6 +926,7 @@ struct cifs_tcon {
 	bool broken_posix_open; /* e.g. Samba server versions < 3.3.2, 3.2.9 */
 	bool broken_sparse_sup; /* if server or share does not support sparse */
 	bool need_reconnect:1; /* connection reset, tid now invalid */
+	bool need_reopen_files:1; /* need to reopen tcon file handles */
 	bool use_resilient:1; /* use resilient instead of durable handles */
 	bool use_persistent:1; /* use persistent instead of durable handles */
 #ifdef CONFIG_CIFS_SMB2
diff --git a/fs/cifs/file.c b/fs/cifs/file.c
index 7f5f6176c6f15caff307e078320122141c119ab9..18a1e1d6671fc0825b2f265280a96e065e6c6aae 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/file.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/file.c
@@ -777,6 +777,11 @@ cifs_reopen_persistent_handles(struct cifs_tcon *tcon)
 	struct list_head *tmp1;
 	struct list_head tmp_list;
 
+	if (!tcon->use_persistent || !tcon->need_reopen_files)
+		return;
+
+	tcon->need_reopen_files = false;
+
 	cifs_dbg(FYI, "Reopen persistent handles");
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&tmp_list);
 
@@ -793,7 +798,8 @@ cifs_reopen_persistent_handles(struct cifs_tcon *tcon)
 
 	list_for_each_safe(tmp, tmp1, &tmp_list) {
 		open_file = list_entry(tmp, struct cifsFileInfo, rlist);
-		cifs_reopen_file(open_file, false /* do not flush */);
+		if (cifs_reopen_file(open_file, false /* do not flush */))
+			tcon->need_reopen_files = true;
 		list_del_init(&open_file->rlist);
 		cifsFileInfo_put(open_file);
 	}
diff --git a/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c b/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c
index 4ba3f68a1766c84518af2e428d4f02ed912b4231..87457227812c393fe1ee9e09bacd9f1c65d93f9e 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c
@@ -250,16 +250,19 @@ smb2_reconnect(__le16 smb2_command, struct cifs_tcon *tcon)
 	}
 
 	cifs_mark_open_files_invalid(tcon);
+	if (tcon->use_persistent)
+		tcon->need_reopen_files = true;
 
 	rc = SMB2_tcon(0, tcon->ses, tcon->treeName, tcon, nls_codepage);
 	mutex_unlock(&tcon->ses->session_mutex);
 
-	if (tcon->use_persistent)
-		cifs_reopen_persistent_handles(tcon);
-
 	cifs_dbg(FYI, "reconnect tcon rc = %d\n", rc);
 	if (rc)
 		goto out;
+
+	if (smb2_command != SMB2_INTERNAL_CMD)
+		queue_delayed_work(cifsiod_wq, &server->reconnect, 0);
+
 	atomic_inc(&tconInfoReconnectCount);
 out:
 	/*
@@ -1990,7 +1993,7 @@ void smb2_reconnect_server(struct work_struct *work)
 	spin_lock(&cifs_tcp_ses_lock);
 	list_for_each_entry(ses, &server->smb_ses_list, smb_ses_list) {
 		list_for_each_entry(tcon, &ses->tcon_list, tcon_list) {
-			if (tcon->need_reconnect) {
+			if (tcon->need_reconnect || tcon->need_reopen_files) {
 				tcon->tc_count++;
 				list_add_tail(&tcon->rlist, &tmp_list);
 				tcon_exist = true;
@@ -2007,7 +2010,8 @@ void smb2_reconnect_server(struct work_struct *work)
 	spin_unlock(&cifs_tcp_ses_lock);
 
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(tcon, tcon2, &tmp_list, rlist) {
-		smb2_reconnect(SMB2_ECHO, tcon);
+		if (!smb2_reconnect(SMB2_INTERNAL_CMD, tcon))
+			cifs_reopen_persistent_handles(tcon);
 		list_del_init(&tcon->rlist);
 		cifs_put_tcon(tcon);
 	}
diff --git a/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.h b/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.h
index fd3709e8de33eddee8c66cca29cb6653921b020e..dc0d141f33e25730ea0242d2f946034e321cb1a4 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.h
+++ b/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.h
@@ -80,6 +80,8 @@
 #define SMB2_SET_INFO		cpu_to_le16(SMB2_SET_INFO_HE)
 #define SMB2_OPLOCK_BREAK	cpu_to_le16(SMB2_OPLOCK_BREAK_HE)
 
+#define SMB2_INTERNAL_CMD	cpu_to_le16(0xFFFF)
+
 #define NUMBER_OF_SMB2_COMMANDS	0x0013
 
 /* BB FIXME - analyze following length BB */