diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsproto.h b/fs/cifs/cifsproto.h
index aa3397620342d20beba92abc732845273d3663ca..2c29db6a247e4788256461100bed11ac79648d26 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifsproto.h
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifsproto.h
@@ -477,9 +477,10 @@ extern int CIFSGetExtAttr(const unsigned int xid, struct cifs_tcon *tcon,
 			const int netfid, __u64 *pExtAttrBits, __u64 *pMask);
 extern void cifs_autodisable_serverino(struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb);
 extern bool CIFSCouldBeMFSymlink(const struct cifs_fattr *fattr);
-extern int CIFSCheckMFSymlink(struct cifs_fattr *fattr,
-		const unsigned char *path,
-		struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb, unsigned int xid);
+extern int CIFSCheckMFSymlink(unsigned int xid, struct cifs_tcon *tcon,
+			      struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb,
+			      struct cifs_fattr *fattr,
+			      const unsigned char *path);
 extern int mdfour(unsigned char *, unsigned char *, int);
 extern int E_md4hash(const unsigned char *passwd, unsigned char *p16,
 			const struct nls_table *codepage);
diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c b/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c
index 124aa0230c1b8738edb8d04ca5d764f0a6cc5b12..d707edb6b852695f0de3993c9ef9cd12a3f909f3 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c
@@ -4010,7 +4010,7 @@ CIFSSMBQFileInfo(const unsigned int xid, struct cifs_tcon *tcon,
 	rc = SendReceive(xid, tcon->ses, (struct smb_hdr *) pSMB,
 			 (struct smb_hdr *) pSMBr, &bytes_returned, 0);
 	if (rc) {
-		cifs_dbg(FYI, "Send error in QPathInfo = %d\n", rc);
+		cifs_dbg(FYI, "Send error in QFileInfo = %d", rc);
 	} else {		/* decode response */
 		rc = validate_t2((struct smb_t2_rsp *)pSMBr);
 
@@ -4179,7 +4179,7 @@ CIFSSMBUnixQFileInfo(const unsigned int xid, struct cifs_tcon *tcon,
 	rc = SendReceive(xid, tcon->ses, (struct smb_hdr *) pSMB,
 			 (struct smb_hdr *) pSMBr, &bytes_returned, 0);
 	if (rc) {
-		cifs_dbg(FYI, "Send error in QPathInfo = %d\n", rc);
+		cifs_dbg(FYI, "Send error in UnixQFileInfo = %d", rc);
 	} else {		/* decode response */
 		rc = validate_t2((struct smb_t2_rsp *)pSMBr);
 
@@ -4263,7 +4263,7 @@ CIFSSMBUnixQPathInfo(const unsigned int xid, struct cifs_tcon *tcon,
 	rc = SendReceive(xid, tcon->ses, (struct smb_hdr *) pSMB,
 			 (struct smb_hdr *) pSMBr, &bytes_returned, 0);
 	if (rc) {
-		cifs_dbg(FYI, "Send error in QPathInfo = %d\n", rc);
+		cifs_dbg(FYI, "Send error in UnixQPathInfo = %d", rc);
 	} else {		/* decode response */
 		rc = validate_t2((struct smb_t2_rsp *)pSMBr);
 
diff --git a/fs/cifs/dir.c b/fs/cifs/dir.c
index 11ff5f116b20e663bf5e0428a940b437d9b232aa..a514e0a65f69b5936fbd60934b33938666f70dd0 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/dir.c
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ check_name(struct dentry *direntry)
 static int
 cifs_do_create(struct inode *inode, struct dentry *direntry, unsigned int xid,
 	       struct tcon_link *tlink, unsigned oflags, umode_t mode,
-	       __u32 *oplock, struct cifs_fid *fid, int *created)
+	       __u32 *oplock, struct cifs_fid *fid)
 {
 	int rc = -ENOENT;
 	int create_options = CREATE_NOT_DIR;
@@ -349,7 +349,6 @@ cifs_do_create(struct inode *inode, struct dentry *direntry, unsigned int xid,
 				.device	= 0,
 		};
 
-		*created |= FILE_CREATED;
 		if (cifs_sb->mnt_cifs_flags & CIFS_MOUNT_SET_UID) {
 			args.uid = current_fsuid();
 			if (inode->i_mode & S_ISGID)
@@ -480,13 +479,16 @@ cifs_atomic_open(struct inode *inode, struct dentry *direntry,
 	cifs_add_pending_open(&fid, tlink, &open);
 
 	rc = cifs_do_create(inode, direntry, xid, tlink, oflags, mode,
-			    &oplock, &fid, opened);
+			    &oplock, &fid);
 
 	if (rc) {
 		cifs_del_pending_open(&open);
 		goto out;
 	}
 
+	if ((oflags & (O_CREAT | O_EXCL)) == (O_CREAT | O_EXCL))
+		*opened |= FILE_CREATED;
+
 	rc = finish_open(file, direntry, generic_file_open, opened);
 	if (rc) {
 		if (server->ops->close)
@@ -529,7 +531,6 @@ int cifs_create(struct inode *inode, struct dentry *direntry, umode_t mode,
 	struct TCP_Server_Info *server;
 	struct cifs_fid fid;
 	__u32 oplock;
-	int created = FILE_CREATED;
 
 	cifs_dbg(FYI, "cifs_create parent inode = 0x%p name is: %s and dentry = 0x%p\n",
 		 inode, direntry->d_name.name, direntry);
@@ -546,7 +547,7 @@ int cifs_create(struct inode *inode, struct dentry *direntry, umode_t mode,
 		server->ops->new_lease_key(&fid);
 
 	rc = cifs_do_create(inode, direntry, xid, tlink, oflags, mode,
-			    &oplock, &fid, &created);
+			    &oplock, &fid);
 	if (!rc && server->ops->close)
 		server->ops->close(xid, tcon, &fid);
 
diff --git a/fs/cifs/inode.c b/fs/cifs/inode.c
index 36f9ebb93ceba676c363cdf7b973f3936a9dde8f..49719b8228e58bd44b373fd4b39d844be9e2043b 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/inode.c
@@ -383,7 +383,8 @@ int cifs_get_inode_info_unix(struct inode **pinode,
 
 	/* check for Minshall+French symlinks */
 	if (cifs_sb->mnt_cifs_flags & CIFS_MOUNT_MF_SYMLINKS) {
-		int tmprc = CIFSCheckMFSymlink(&fattr, full_path, cifs_sb, xid);
+		int tmprc = CIFSCheckMFSymlink(xid, tcon, cifs_sb, &fattr,
+					       full_path);
 		if (tmprc)
 			cifs_dbg(FYI, "CIFSCheckMFSymlink: %d\n", tmprc);
 	}
@@ -799,7 +800,8 @@ cifs_get_inode_info(struct inode **inode, const char *full_path,
 
 	/* check for Minshall+French symlinks */
 	if (cifs_sb->mnt_cifs_flags & CIFS_MOUNT_MF_SYMLINKS) {
-		tmprc = CIFSCheckMFSymlink(&fattr, full_path, cifs_sb, xid);
+		tmprc = CIFSCheckMFSymlink(xid, tcon, cifs_sb, &fattr,
+					   full_path);
 		if (tmprc)
 			cifs_dbg(FYI, "CIFSCheckMFSymlink: %d\n", tmprc);
 	}
diff --git a/fs/cifs/link.c b/fs/cifs/link.c
index cc0234710ddbb780cae5037b717a93d8a7d3d54d..92aee08483a52e100011fb05e1fcfc5255b340ac 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/link.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/link.c
@@ -354,34 +354,30 @@ open_query_close_cifs_symlink(const unsigned char *path, char *pbuf,
 
 
 int
-CIFSCheckMFSymlink(struct cifs_fattr *fattr,
-		   const unsigned char *path,
-		   struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb, unsigned int xid)
+CIFSCheckMFSymlink(unsigned int xid, struct cifs_tcon *tcon,
+		   struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb, struct cifs_fattr *fattr,
+		   const unsigned char *path)
 {
-	int rc = 0;
+	int rc;
 	u8 *buf = NULL;
 	unsigned int link_len = 0;
 	unsigned int bytes_read = 0;
-	struct cifs_tcon *ptcon;
 
 	if (!CIFSCouldBeMFSymlink(fattr))
 		/* it's not a symlink */
 		return 0;
 
 	buf = kmalloc(CIFS_MF_SYMLINK_FILE_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!buf) {
-		rc = -ENOMEM;
-		goto out;
-	}
+	if (!buf)
+		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	ptcon = tlink_tcon(cifs_sb_tlink(cifs_sb));
-	if ((ptcon->ses) && (ptcon->ses->server->ops->query_mf_symlink))
-		rc = ptcon->ses->server->ops->query_mf_symlink(path, buf,
-						 &bytes_read, cifs_sb, xid);
+	if (tcon->ses->server->ops->query_mf_symlink)
+		rc = tcon->ses->server->ops->query_mf_symlink(path, buf,
+						&bytes_read, cifs_sb, xid);
 	else
-		goto out;
+		rc = -ENOSYS;
 
-	if (rc != 0)
+	if (rc)
 		goto out;
 
 	if (bytes_read == 0) /* not a symlink */