diff --git a/fs/cifs/connect.c b/fs/cifs/connect.c
index a279ffc0bc29577ed447319467b2e92248f09149..62a55147400a50adcf4c7a37756add3cc5410325 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/connect.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/connect.c
@@ -2242,6 +2242,8 @@ cifs_find_smb_ses(struct TCP_Server_Info *server, struct smb_vol *vol)
 
 	spin_lock(&cifs_tcp_ses_lock);
 	list_for_each_entry(ses, &server->smb_ses_list, smb_ses_list) {
+		if (ses->status == CifsExiting)
+			continue;
 		if (!match_session(ses, vol))
 			continue;
 		++ses->ses_count;
@@ -2255,24 +2257,37 @@ cifs_find_smb_ses(struct TCP_Server_Info *server, struct smb_vol *vol)
 static void
 cifs_put_smb_ses(struct cifs_ses *ses)
 {
-	unsigned int xid;
+	unsigned int rc, xid;
 	struct TCP_Server_Info *server = ses->server;
 
 	cifs_dbg(FYI, "%s: ses_count=%d\n", __func__, ses->ses_count);
+
 	spin_lock(&cifs_tcp_ses_lock);
+	if (ses->status == CifsExiting) {
+		spin_unlock(&cifs_tcp_ses_lock);
+		return;
+	}
 	if (--ses->ses_count > 0) {
 		spin_unlock(&cifs_tcp_ses_lock);
 		return;
 	}
-
-	list_del_init(&ses->smb_ses_list);
+	if (ses->status == CifsGood)
+		ses->status = CifsExiting;
 	spin_unlock(&cifs_tcp_ses_lock);
 
-	if (ses->status == CifsGood && server->ops->logoff) {
+	if (ses->status == CifsExiting && server->ops->logoff) {
 		xid = get_xid();
-		server->ops->logoff(xid, ses);
+		rc = server->ops->logoff(xid, ses);
+		if (rc)
+			cifs_dbg(VFS, "%s: Session Logoff failure rc=%d\n",
+				__func__, rc);
 		_free_xid(xid);
 	}
+
+	spin_lock(&cifs_tcp_ses_lock);
+	list_del_init(&ses->smb_ses_list);
+	spin_unlock(&cifs_tcp_ses_lock);
+
 	sesInfoFree(ses);
 	cifs_put_tcp_session(server);
 }
diff --git a/fs/cifs/smb2transport.c b/fs/cifs/smb2transport.c
index c523617eade27cb8eeeedba7a7644d0b8c8815fc..59c748ce872f9bb190bf683c8fd49a38926e3b4d 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/smb2transport.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/smb2transport.c
@@ -516,13 +516,19 @@ smb2_get_mid_entry(struct cifs_ses *ses, struct smb2_hdr *buf,
 		return -EAGAIN;
 	}
 
-	if (ses->status != CifsGood) {
-		/* check if SMB2 session is bad because we are setting it up */
+	if (ses->status == CifsNew) {
 		if ((buf->Command != SMB2_SESSION_SETUP) &&
 		    (buf->Command != SMB2_NEGOTIATE))
 			return -EAGAIN;
 		/* else ok - we are setting up session */
 	}
+
+	if (ses->status == CifsExiting) {
+		if (buf->Command != SMB2_LOGOFF)
+			return -EAGAIN;
+		/* else ok - we are shutting down the session */
+	}
+
 	*mid = smb2_mid_entry_alloc(buf, ses->server);
 	if (*mid == NULL)
 		return -ENOMEM;
diff --git a/fs/cifs/transport.c b/fs/cifs/transport.c
index 0ee6d249ef6f7fe2d008067091bcc56f6145a5cd..b375709528467b5a1a74e078fae2aeb7813e1a1e 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/transport.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/transport.c
@@ -431,13 +431,20 @@ static int allocate_mid(struct cifs_ses *ses, struct smb_hdr *in_buf,
 		return -EAGAIN;
 	}
 
-	if (ses->status != CifsGood) {
-		/* check if SMB session is bad because we are setting it up */
+	if (ses->status == CifsNew) {
 		if ((in_buf->Command != SMB_COM_SESSION_SETUP_ANDX) &&
 			(in_buf->Command != SMB_COM_NEGOTIATE))
 			return -EAGAIN;
 		/* else ok - we are setting up session */
 	}
+
+	if (ses->status == CifsExiting) {
+		/* check if SMB session is bad because we are setting it up */
+		if (in_buf->Command != SMB_COM_LOGOFF_ANDX)
+			return -EAGAIN;
+		/* else ok - we are shutting down session */
+	}
+
 	*ppmidQ = AllocMidQEntry(in_buf, ses->server);
 	if (*ppmidQ == NULL)
 		return -ENOMEM;