diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
index 6dff4826f9fd..078df1e2dd18 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
@@ -743,6 +743,7 @@ static void cifs_umount_begin(struct super_block *sb)
 	spin_unlock(&tcon->tc_lock);
 	spin_unlock(&cifs_tcp_ses_lock);
 
+	cifs_close_all_deferred_files(tcon);
 	/* cancel_brl_requests(tcon); */ /* BB mark all brl mids as exiting */
 	/* cancel_notify_requests(tcon); */
 	if (tcon->ses && tcon->ses->server) {