diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h b/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h
index 0c9ab62c3df45ae3a450a6a488e90bbd1a62ea61..9dcaed031843caeee3382a647eda0c71cc18d881 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h
@@ -1553,6 +1553,7 @@ static inline void free_dfs_info_array(struct dfs_info3_param *param,
 
 /* Flags */
 #define   MID_WAIT_CANCELLED	 1 /* Cancelled while waiting for response */
+#define   MID_DELETED            2 /* Mid has been dequeued/deleted */
 
 /* Types of response buffer returned from SendReceive2 */
 #define   CIFS_NO_BUFFER        0    /* Response buffer not returned */
diff --git a/fs/cifs/connect.c b/fs/cifs/connect.c
index 7aa08dba4719cde8c88c18bcb5ee4a4ddae733f1..e9d64c92b8dae7376e8c6bc1c6bf6700c736b668 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/connect.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/connect.c
@@ -659,7 +659,15 @@ dequeue_mid(struct mid_q_entry *mid, bool malformed)
 		mid->mid_state = MID_RESPONSE_RECEIVED;
 	else
 		mid->mid_state = MID_RESPONSE_MALFORMED;
-	list_del_init(&mid->qhead);
+	/*
+	 * Trying to handle/dequeue a mid after the send_recv()
+	 * function has finished processing it is a bug.
+	 */
+	if (mid->mid_flags & MID_DELETED)
+		printk_once(KERN_WARNING
+			    "trying to dequeue a deleted mid\n");
+	else
+		list_del_init(&mid->qhead);
 	spin_unlock(&GlobalMid_Lock);
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/cifs/transport.c b/fs/cifs/transport.c
index 78f96fa3d7d990217014395edc043cf422f6252d..9cc9a127749ee82a79ebf0150ce571c191af1b2a 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/transport.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/transport.c
@@ -142,7 +142,8 @@ void
 cifs_delete_mid(struct mid_q_entry *mid)
 {
 	spin_lock(&GlobalMid_Lock);
-	list_del(&mid->qhead);
+	list_del_init(&mid->qhead);
+	mid->mid_flags |= MID_DELETED;
 	spin_unlock(&GlobalMid_Lock);
 
 	DeleteMidQEntry(mid);