diff --git a/fs/smb/client/connect.c b/fs/smb/client/connect.c
index aad0edc5d5d16b3771f85ccea35d77b1f858f0c5..9280e253bf09267d54801236fc8287d8e7bad1c3 100644
--- a/fs/smb/client/connect.c
+++ b/fs/smb/client/connect.c
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ extern bool disable_legacy_dialects;
 #define TLINK_IDLE_EXPIRE	(600 * HZ)
 
 /* Drop the connection to not overload the server */
-#define NUM_STATUS_IO_TIMEOUT   5
+#define MAX_STATUS_IO_TIMEOUT   5
 
 static int ip_connect(struct TCP_Server_Info *server);
 static int generic_ip_connect(struct TCP_Server_Info *server);
@@ -1117,6 +1117,7 @@ cifs_demultiplex_thread(void *p)
 	struct mid_q_entry *mids[MAX_COMPOUND];
 	char *bufs[MAX_COMPOUND];
 	unsigned int noreclaim_flag, num_io_timeout = 0;
+	bool pending_reconnect = false;
 
 	noreclaim_flag = memalloc_noreclaim_save();
 	cifs_dbg(FYI, "Demultiplex PID: %d\n", task_pid_nr(current));
@@ -1156,6 +1157,8 @@ cifs_demultiplex_thread(void *p)
 		cifs_dbg(FYI, "RFC1002 header 0x%x\n", pdu_length);
 		if (!is_smb_response(server, buf[0]))
 			continue;
+
+		pending_reconnect = false;
 next_pdu:
 		server->pdu_size = pdu_length;
 
@@ -1213,10 +1216,13 @@ cifs_demultiplex_thread(void *p)
 		if (server->ops->is_status_io_timeout &&
 		    server->ops->is_status_io_timeout(buf)) {
 			num_io_timeout++;
-			if (num_io_timeout > NUM_STATUS_IO_TIMEOUT) {
-				cifs_reconnect(server, false);
+			if (num_io_timeout > MAX_STATUS_IO_TIMEOUT) {
+				cifs_server_dbg(VFS,
+						"Number of request timeouts exceeded %d. Reconnecting",
+						MAX_STATUS_IO_TIMEOUT);
+
+				pending_reconnect = true;
 				num_io_timeout = 0;
-				continue;
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -1268,6 +1274,11 @@ cifs_demultiplex_thread(void *p)
 			buf = server->smallbuf;
 			goto next_pdu;
 		}
+
+		/* do this reconnect at the very end after processing all MIDs */
+		if (pending_reconnect)
+			cifs_reconnect(server, true);
+
 	} /* end while !EXITING */
 
 	/* buffer usually freed in free_mid - need to free it here on exit */