diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifs_fs_sb.h b/fs/cifs/cifs_fs_sb.h
index aa77edc12212680e53291806c0e98769d95031b8..2a5325a7ae49e3171ee95b6416b639d6b338de7b 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifs_fs_sb.h
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifs_fs_sb.h
@@ -81,5 +81,9 @@ struct cifs_sb_info {
 	 * (cifs_autodisable_serverino) in order to match new mounts.
 	 */
 	bool mnt_cifs_serverino_autodisabled;
+	/*
+	 * Available once the mount has completed.
+	 */
+	struct dentry *root;
 };
 #endif				/* _CIFS_FS_SB_H */
diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
index 8dc2306c9092a507c26d58c62b541d4b13c51f7e..cf8eceb1d5a53056b8f93f437579309a57891d00 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
@@ -257,6 +257,12 @@ cifs_read_super(struct super_block *sb)
 static void cifs_kill_sb(struct super_block *sb)
 {
 	struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb = CIFS_SB(sb);
+
+	if (cifs_sb->root) {
+		dput(cifs_sb->root);
+		cifs_sb->root = NULL;
+	}
+
 	kill_anon_super(sb);
 	cifs_umount(cifs_sb);
 }
@@ -886,6 +892,9 @@ cifs_smb3_do_mount(struct file_system_type *fs_type,
 	if (IS_ERR(root))
 		goto out_super;
 
+	if (cifs_sb)
+		cifs_sb->root = dget(root);
+
 	cifs_dbg(FYI, "dentry root is: %p\n", root);
 	return root;
 
diff --git a/fs/cifs/smb2ops.c b/fs/cifs/smb2ops.c
index 89269a5c02c7e0e6dccf82e61f9dd1352bcf8823..3ff4600357059abaa1828b79f8e8e96f03a82c32 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/smb2ops.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/smb2ops.c
@@ -751,8 +751,11 @@ int open_cached_dir(unsigned int xid, struct cifs_tcon *tcon,
 	if (tcon->nohandlecache)
 		return -ENOTSUPP;
 
+	if (cifs_sb->root == NULL)
+		return -ENOENT;
+
 	if (strlen(path))
-		return -ENOTSUPP;
+		return -ENOENT;
 
 	mutex_lock(&tcon->crfid.fid_mutex);
 	if (tcon->crfid.is_valid) {