diff --git a/fs/cifs/inode.c b/fs/cifs/inode.c
index aadc2b68678b7d70c0381d10c847c86624589c4c..a22d667f1069e5eb8485d121f241725de732b8a9 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/inode.c
@@ -1737,6 +1737,9 @@ cifs_inode_needs_reval(struct inode *inode)
 	if (cifs_i->time == 0)
 		return true;
 
+	if (!cifs_sb->actimeo)
+		return true;
+
 	if (!time_in_range(jiffies, cifs_i->time,
 				cifs_i->time + cifs_sb->actimeo))
 		return true;