diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
index b1fd382d19529c798e1554b3a42ec16b36935554..6ee1cb45ca0d751a29b9e0c0a96f288c299cde33 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(cifs_min_small, "Small network buffers in pool. Default: 30 "
 unsigned int cifs_max_pending = CIFS_MAX_REQ;
 module_param(cifs_max_pending, int, 0444);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(cifs_max_pending, "Simultaneous requests to server. "
-				   "Default: 50 Range: 2 to 256");
+				   "Default: 32767 Range: 2 to 32767.");
 unsigned short echo_retries = 5;
 module_param(echo_retries, ushort, 0644);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(echo_retries, "Number of echo attempts before giving up and "
@@ -1116,9 +1116,9 @@ init_cifs(void)
 	if (cifs_max_pending < 2) {
 		cifs_max_pending = 2;
 		cFYI(1, "cifs_max_pending set to min of 2");
-	} else if (cifs_max_pending > 256) {
-		cifs_max_pending = 256;
-		cFYI(1, "cifs_max_pending set to max of 256");
+	} else if (cifs_max_pending > CIFS_MAX_REQ) {
+		cifs_max_pending = CIFS_MAX_REQ;
+		cFYI(1, "cifs_max_pending set to max of %u", CIFS_MAX_REQ);
 	}
 
 	rc = cifs_fscache_register();
diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h b/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h
index 76e7d8b6da171c6af1d8cb8466c9bfbc77d00dbf..d47d20aac6703c2a4562cf8bb40cf3da9db02165 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h
@@ -55,14 +55,9 @@
 
 /*
  * MAX_REQ is the maximum number of requests that WE will send
- * on one socket concurrently. It also matches the most common
- * value of max multiplex returned by servers.  We may
- * eventually want to use the negotiated value (in case
- * future servers can handle more) when we are more confident that
- * we will not have problems oveloading the socket with pending
- * write data.
+ * on one socket concurrently.
  */
-#define CIFS_MAX_REQ 50
+#define CIFS_MAX_REQ 32767
 
 #define RFC1001_NAME_LEN 15
 #define RFC1001_NAME_LEN_WITH_NULL (RFC1001_NAME_LEN + 1)
@@ -263,6 +258,7 @@ struct TCP_Server_Info {
 	bool session_estab; /* mark when very first sess is established */
 	u16 dialect; /* dialect index that server chose */
 	enum securityEnum secType;
+	bool oplocks:1; /* enable oplocks */
 	unsigned int maxReq;	/* Clients should submit no more */
 	/* than maxReq distinct unanswered SMBs to the server when using  */
 	/* multiplexed reads or writes */
diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c b/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c
index 8b7794c315919c5328a5bffbcb2aa5a9d7ad5b30..cd66b76e3282e7bfa8768c23a9ed211cacdeec40 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c
@@ -458,7 +458,10 @@ CIFSSMBNegotiate(unsigned int xid, struct cifs_ses *ses)
 			goto neg_err_exit;
 		}
 		server->sec_mode = (__u8)le16_to_cpu(rsp->SecurityMode);
-		server->maxReq = le16_to_cpu(rsp->MaxMpxCount);
+		server->maxReq = min_t(unsigned int,
+				       le16_to_cpu(rsp->MaxMpxCount),
+				       cifs_max_pending);
+		server->oplocks = server->maxReq > 1 ? enable_oplocks : false;
 		server->maxBuf = le16_to_cpu(rsp->MaxBufSize);
 		server->max_vcs = le16_to_cpu(rsp->MaxNumberVcs);
 		/* even though we do not use raw we might as well set this
@@ -564,7 +567,9 @@ CIFSSMBNegotiate(unsigned int xid, struct cifs_ses *ses)
 
 	/* one byte, so no need to convert this or EncryptionKeyLen from
 	   little endian */
-	server->maxReq = le16_to_cpu(pSMBr->MaxMpxCount);
+	server->maxReq = min_t(unsigned int, le16_to_cpu(pSMBr->MaxMpxCount),
+			       cifs_max_pending);
+	server->oplocks = server->maxReq > 1 ? enable_oplocks : false;
 	/* probably no need to store and check maxvcs */
 	server->maxBuf = le32_to_cpu(pSMBr->MaxBufferSize);
 	server->max_rw = le32_to_cpu(pSMBr->MaxRawSize);
diff --git a/fs/cifs/connect.c b/fs/cifs/connect.c
index 602f77c304c90fc402c9ec221eff2b78be818081..03f71fb40a8a8a84e0cd31c00275ac1e2132f83f 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/connect.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/connect.c
@@ -642,14 +642,10 @@ static void clean_demultiplex_info(struct TCP_Server_Info *server)
 	spin_unlock(&GlobalMid_Lock);
 	wake_up_all(&server->response_q);
 
-	/*
-	 * 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.
-	 */
+	/* Check if we have blocked requests that need to free. */
 	spin_lock(&GlobalMid_Lock);
-	if (atomic_read(&server->inFlight) >= cifs_max_pending)
-		atomic_set(&server->inFlight, cifs_max_pending - 1);
+	if (atomic_read(&server->inFlight) >= server->maxReq)
+		atomic_set(&server->inFlight, server->maxReq - 1);
 	/*
 	 * We do not want to set the max_pending too low or we could end up
 	 * with the counter going negative.
@@ -1910,6 +1906,7 @@ cifs_get_tcp_session(struct smb_vol *volume_info)
 	tcp_ses->noautotune = volume_info->noautotune;
 	tcp_ses->tcp_nodelay = volume_info->sockopt_tcp_nodelay;
 	atomic_set(&tcp_ses->inFlight, 0);
+	tcp_ses->maxReq = 1; /* enough to send negotiate request */
 	init_waitqueue_head(&tcp_ses->response_q);
 	init_waitqueue_head(&tcp_ses->request_q);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&tcp_ses->pending_mid_q);
diff --git a/fs/cifs/dir.c b/fs/cifs/dir.c
index bc7e24420ac0bee0ac2cab03e96224d1edf4adc7..d172c8ed901786f9e72ee40a50cb6bc22a3be571 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/dir.c
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ cifs_create(struct inode *inode, struct dentry *direntry, umode_t mode,
 	}
 	tcon = tlink_tcon(tlink);
 
-	if (enable_oplocks)
+	if (tcon->ses->server->oplocks)
 		oplock = REQ_OPLOCK;
 
 	if (nd)
@@ -492,7 +492,7 @@ cifs_lookup(struct inode *parent_dir_inode, struct dentry *direntry,
 {
 	int xid;
 	int rc = 0; /* to get around spurious gcc warning, set to zero here */
-	__u32 oplock = enable_oplocks ? REQ_OPLOCK : 0;
+	__u32 oplock;
 	__u16 fileHandle = 0;
 	bool posix_open = false;
 	struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb;
@@ -518,6 +518,8 @@ cifs_lookup(struct inode *parent_dir_inode, struct dentry *direntry,
 	}
 	pTcon = tlink_tcon(tlink);
 
+	oplock = pTcon->ses->server->oplocks ? REQ_OPLOCK : 0;
+
 	/*
 	 * Don't allow the separator character in a path component.
 	 * The VFS will not allow "/", but "\" is allowed by posix.
diff --git a/fs/cifs/file.c b/fs/cifs/file.c
index 8e02dbd88ae1b108494e0e6b6eb093cc1e13a74c..159fcc56dc2d4c4f7ae4ac80e110cc59140f6001 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/file.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/file.c
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ int cifs_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 	cFYI(1, "inode = 0x%p file flags are 0x%x for %s",
 		 inode, file->f_flags, full_path);
 
-	if (enable_oplocks)
+	if (tcon->ses->server->oplocks)
 		oplock = REQ_OPLOCK;
 	else
 		oplock = 0;
@@ -505,7 +505,7 @@ static int cifs_reopen_file(struct cifsFileInfo *pCifsFile, bool can_flush)
 	cFYI(1, "inode = 0x%p file flags 0x%x for %s",
 		 inode, pCifsFile->f_flags, full_path);
 
-	if (enable_oplocks)
+	if (tcon->ses->server->oplocks)
 		oplock = REQ_OPLOCK;
 	else
 		oplock = 0;
diff --git a/fs/cifs/transport.c b/fs/cifs/transport.c
index 0cc9584f5889f051208a00bb346869d73f6ed1ba..99a27cfa6cd2cec5f43582ebb90d80ddae6fd962 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/transport.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/transport.c
@@ -265,12 +265,12 @@ static int wait_for_free_request(struct TCP_Server_Info *server,
 
 	spin_lock(&GlobalMid_Lock);
 	while (1) {
-		if (atomic_read(&server->inFlight) >= cifs_max_pending) {
+		if (atomic_read(&server->inFlight) >= server->maxReq) {
 			spin_unlock(&GlobalMid_Lock);
 			cifs_num_waiters_inc(server);
 			wait_event(server->request_q,
 				   atomic_read(&server->inFlight)
-				     < cifs_max_pending);
+				     < server->maxReq);
 			cifs_num_waiters_dec(server);
 			spin_lock(&GlobalMid_Lock);
 		} else {