diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
index fb32f3d6925e82b59290f5afb7a09dbed5372c52..64e3888f30e6d616ae78ba5f82f8ef00a261ab3e 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
@@ -292,6 +292,7 @@ cifs_alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb)
 	cifs_inode->uniqueid = 0;
 	cifs_inode->createtime = 0;
 	cifs_inode->epoch = 0;
+	spin_lock_init(&cifs_inode->open_file_lock);
 	generate_random_uuid(cifs_inode->lease_key);
 
 	/*
diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h b/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h
index 0ee0072c1f362b7579315a44644252230ee2b9ec..57af9bac0045a8a33538bcb1eb57b1e4bedbefdc 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h
@@ -1287,6 +1287,7 @@ struct cifsInodeInfo {
 	struct rw_semaphore lock_sem;	/* protect the fields above */
 	/* BB add in lists for dirty pages i.e. write caching info for oplock */
 	struct list_head openFileList;
+	spinlock_t	open_file_lock;	/* protects openFileList */
 	__u32 cifsAttrs; /* e.g. DOS archive bit, sparse, compressed, system */
 	unsigned int oplock;		/* oplock/lease level we have */
 	unsigned int epoch;		/* used to track lease state changes */
@@ -1687,10 +1688,14 @@ require use of the stronger protocol */
  *  tcp_ses_lock protects:
  *	list operations on tcp and SMB session lists
  *  tcon->open_file_lock protects the list of open files hanging off the tcon
+ *  inode->open_file_lock protects the openFileList hanging off the inode
  *  cfile->file_info_lock protects counters and fields in cifs file struct
  *  f_owner.lock protects certain per file struct operations
  *  mapping->page_lock protects certain per page operations
  *
+ *  Note that the cifs_tcon.open_file_lock should be taken before
+ *  not after the cifsInodeInfo.open_file_lock
+ *
  *  Semaphores
  *  ----------
  *  sesSem     operations on smb session
diff --git a/fs/cifs/file.c b/fs/cifs/file.c
index 2ad3f162571836cedece8f53cec07f5b8693898e..b1e04f7bc772aaff8acf14ce9e14da0cede44b61 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/file.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/file.c
@@ -336,10 +336,12 @@ cifs_new_fileinfo(struct cifs_fid *fid, struct file *file,
 	list_add(&cfile->tlist, &tcon->openFileList);
 
 	/* if readable file instance put first in list*/
+	spin_lock(&cinode->open_file_lock);
 	if (file->f_mode & FMODE_READ)
 		list_add(&cfile->flist, &cinode->openFileList);
 	else
 		list_add_tail(&cfile->flist, &cinode->openFileList);
+	spin_unlock(&cinode->open_file_lock);
 	spin_unlock(&tcon->open_file_lock);
 
 	if (fid->purge_cache)
@@ -411,7 +413,9 @@ void _cifsFileInfo_put(struct cifsFileInfo *cifs_file, bool wait_oplock_handler)
 	cifs_add_pending_open_locked(&fid, cifs_file->tlink, &open);
 
 	/* remove it from the lists */
+	spin_lock(&cifsi->open_file_lock);
 	list_del(&cifs_file->flist);
+	spin_unlock(&cifsi->open_file_lock);
 	list_del(&cifs_file->tlist);
 
 	if (list_empty(&cifsi->openFileList)) {
@@ -1929,10 +1933,10 @@ struct cifsFileInfo *find_writable_file(struct cifsInodeInfo *cifs_inode,
 		if (!rc)
 			return inv_file;
 		else {
-			spin_lock(&tcon->open_file_lock);
+			spin_lock(&cifs_inode->open_file_lock);
 			list_move_tail(&inv_file->flist,
 					&cifs_inode->openFileList);
-			spin_unlock(&tcon->open_file_lock);
+			spin_unlock(&cifs_inode->open_file_lock);
 			cifsFileInfo_put(inv_file);
 			++refind;
 			inv_file = NULL;