1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/cifs/connect.c b/fs/cifs/connect.c
index 66736f57b5ab..7d2b15c06090 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/connect.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/connect.c
@@ -428,7 +428,9 @@ cifs_echo_request(struct work_struct *work)
          * server->ops->need_neg() == true. Also, no need to ping if
          * we got a response recently.
          */
-        if (!server->ops->need_neg || server->ops->need_neg(server) ||
+
+        if (server->tcpStatus == CifsNeedReconnect ||
+            server->tcpStatus == CifsExiting || server->tcpStatus == CifsNew ||
             (server->ops->can_echo && !server->ops->can_echo(server)) ||
             time_before(jiffies, server->lstrp + echo_interval - HZ))
                 goto requeue_echo;