diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h b/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h
index d5beb42..df4629e 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h
@@ -393,7 +393,6 @@ struct cifsFileInfo {
 	struct tcon_link *tlink;
 	struct mutex lock_mutex;
 	struct list_head llist; /* list of byte range locks we have. */
-	bool closePend:1;	/* file is marked to close */
 	bool invalidHandle:1;	/* file closed via session abend */
 	bool oplock_break_cancelled:1;
 	atomic_t count;		/* reference count */
diff --git a/fs/cifs/file.c b/fs/cifs/file.c
index a3634e4..8c81e7b 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/file.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/file.c
@@ -238,7 +238,6 @@ cifs_new_fileinfo(__u16 fileHandle, struct file *file,
 	pCifsFile->dentry = dget(dentry);
 	pCifsFile->f_flags = file->f_flags;
 	pCifsFile->invalidHandle = false;
-	pCifsFile->closePend = false;
 	pCifsFile->tlink = cifs_get_tlink(tlink);
 	mutex_init(&pCifsFile->fh_mutex);
 	mutex_init(&pCifsFile->lock_mutex);
@@ -266,14 +265,55 @@ cifs_new_fileinfo(__u16 fileHandle, struct file *file,
 	return pCifsFile;
 }
 
-/* Release a reference on the file private data */
+/*
+ * Release a reference on the file private data. This may involve closing
+ * the filehandle out on the server.
+ */
 void cifsFileInfo_put(struct cifsFileInfo *cifs_file)
 {
-	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&cifs_file->count)) {
-		cifs_put_tlink(cifs_file->tlink);
-		dput(cifs_file->dentry);
-		kfree(cifs_file);
+	struct cifsTconInfo *tcon = tlink_tcon(cifs_file->tlink);
+	struct cifsInodeInfo *cifsi = CIFS_I(cifs_file->dentry->d_inode);
+	struct cifsLockInfo *li, *tmp;
+
+	spin_lock(&cifs_file_list_lock);
+	if (!atomic_dec_and_test(&cifs_file->count)) {
+		spin_unlock(&cifs_file_list_lock);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	/* remove it from the lists */
+	list_del(&cifs_file->flist);
+	list_del(&cifs_file->tlist);
+
+	if (list_empty(&cifsi->openFileList)) {
+		cFYI(1, "closing last open instance for inode %p",
+			cifs_file->dentry->d_inode);
+		cifsi->clientCanCacheRead = false;
+		cifsi->clientCanCacheAll  = false;
+	}
+	spin_unlock(&cifs_file_list_lock);
+
+	if (!tcon->need_reconnect && !cifs_file->invalidHandle) {
+		int xid, rc;
+
+		xid = GetXid();
+		rc = CIFSSMBClose(xid, tcon, cifs_file->netfid);
+		FreeXid(xid);
+	}
+
+	/* Delete any outstanding lock records. We'll lose them when the file
+	 * is closed anyway.
+	 */
+	mutex_lock(&cifs_file->lock_mutex);
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(li, tmp, &cifs_file->llist, llist) {
+		list_del(&li->llist);
+		kfree(li);
 	}
+	mutex_unlock(&cifs_file->lock_mutex);
+
+	cifs_put_tlink(cifs_file->tlink);
+	dput(cifs_file->dentry);
+	kfree(cifs_file);
 }
 
 int cifs_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
@@ -605,79 +645,11 @@ reopen_error_exit:
 
 int cifs_close(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 {
-	int rc = 0;
-	int xid, timeout;
-	struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb;
-	struct cifsTconInfo *pTcon;
-	struct cifsFileInfo *pSMBFile = file->private_data;
-
-	xid = GetXid();
-
-	cifs_sb = CIFS_SB(inode->i_sb);
-	pTcon = tlink_tcon(pSMBFile->tlink);
-	if (pSMBFile) {
-		struct cifsLockInfo *li, *tmp;
-		spin_lock(&cifs_file_list_lock);
-		pSMBFile->closePend = true;
-		if (pTcon) {
-			/* no sense reconnecting to close a file that is
-			   already closed */
-			if (!pTcon->need_reconnect) {
-				spin_unlock(&cifs_file_list_lock);
-				timeout = 2;
-				while ((atomic_read(&pSMBFile->count) != 1)
-					&& (timeout <= 2048)) {
-					/* Give write a better chance to get to
-					server ahead of the close.  We do not
-					want to add a wait_q here as it would
-					increase the memory utilization as
-					the struct would be in each open file,
-					but this should give enough time to
-					clear the socket */
-					cFYI(DBG2, "close delay, write pending");
-					msleep(timeout);
-					timeout *= 4;
-				}
-				if (!pTcon->need_reconnect &&
-				    !pSMBFile->invalidHandle)
-					rc = CIFSSMBClose(xid, pTcon,
-						  pSMBFile->netfid);
-			} else
-				spin_unlock(&cifs_file_list_lock);
-		} else
-			spin_unlock(&cifs_file_list_lock);
-
-		/* Delete any outstanding lock records.
-		   We'll lose them when the file is closed anyway. */
-		mutex_lock(&pSMBFile->lock_mutex);
-		list_for_each_entry_safe(li, tmp, &pSMBFile->llist, llist) {
-			list_del(&li->llist);
-			kfree(li);
-		}
-		mutex_unlock(&pSMBFile->lock_mutex);
+	cifsFileInfo_put(file->private_data);
+	file->private_data = NULL;
 
-		spin_lock(&cifs_file_list_lock);
-		list_del(&pSMBFile->flist);
-		list_del(&pSMBFile->tlist);
-		spin_unlock(&cifs_file_list_lock);
-		cifsFileInfo_put(file->private_data);
-		file->private_data = NULL;
-	} else
-		rc = -EBADF;
-
-	spin_lock(&cifs_file_list_lock);
-	if (list_empty(&(CIFS_I(inode)->openFileList))) {
-		cFYI(1, "closing last open instance for inode %p", inode);
-		/* if the file is not open we do not know if we can cache info
-		   on this inode, much less write behind and read ahead */
-		CIFS_I(inode)->clientCanCacheRead = false;
-		CIFS_I(inode)->clientCanCacheAll  = false;
-	}
-	spin_unlock(&cifs_file_list_lock);
-	if ((rc == 0) && CIFS_I(inode)->write_behind_rc)
-		rc = CIFS_I(inode)->write_behind_rc;
-	FreeXid(xid);
-	return rc;
+	/* return code from the ->release op is always ignored */
+	return 0;
 }
 
 int cifs_closedir(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
@@ -1024,13 +996,6 @@ ssize_t cifs_user_write(struct file *file, const char __user *write_data,
 			   we blocked so return what we managed to write */
 				return total_written;
 			}
-			if (open_file->closePend) {
-				FreeXid(xid);
-				if (total_written)
-					return total_written;
-				else
-					return -EBADF;
-			}
 			if (open_file->invalidHandle) {
 				/* we could deadlock if we called
 				   filemap_fdatawait from here so tell
@@ -1111,13 +1076,6 @@ static ssize_t cifs_write(struct cifsFileInfo *open_file,
 	     total_written += bytes_written) {
 		rc = -EAGAIN;
 		while (rc == -EAGAIN) {
-			if (open_file->closePend) {
-				FreeXid(xid);
-				if (total_written)
-					return total_written;
-				else
-					return -EBADF;
-			}
 			if (open_file->invalidHandle) {
 				/* we could deadlock if we called
 				   filemap_fdatawait from here so tell
@@ -1197,8 +1155,6 @@ struct cifsFileInfo *find_readable_file(struct cifsInodeInfo *cifs_inode,
 	   are always at the end of the list but since the first entry might
 	   have a close pending, we go through the whole list */
 	list_for_each_entry(open_file, &cifs_inode->openFileList, flist) {
-		if (open_file->closePend)
-			continue;
 		if (fsuid_only && open_file->uid != current_fsuid())
 			continue;
 		if (OPEN_FMODE(open_file->f_flags) & FMODE_READ) {
@@ -1244,8 +1200,6 @@ struct cifsFileInfo *find_writable_file(struct cifsInodeInfo *cifs_inode,
 	spin_lock(&cifs_file_list_lock);
 refind_writable:
 	list_for_each_entry(open_file, &cifs_inode->openFileList, flist) {
-		if (open_file->closePend)
-			continue;
 		if (!any_available && open_file->pid != current->tgid)
 			continue;
 		if (fsuid_only && open_file->uid != current_fsuid())
@@ -1260,34 +1214,18 @@ refind_writable:
 			}
 
 			spin_unlock(&cifs_file_list_lock);
+
 			/* Had to unlock since following call can block */
 			rc = cifs_reopen_file(open_file, false);
-			if (!rc) {
-				if (!open_file->closePend)
-					return open_file;
-				else { /* start over in case this was deleted */
-				       /* since the list could be modified */
-					spin_lock(&cifs_file_list_lock);
-					cifsFileInfo_put(open_file);
-					goto refind_writable;
-				}
-			}
+			if (!rc)
+				return open_file;
 
-			/* if it fails, try another handle if possible -
-			(we can not do this if closePending since
-			loop could be modified - in which case we
-			have to start at the beginning of the list
-			again. Note that it would be bad
-			to hold up writepages here (rather than
-			in caller) with continuous retries */
+			/* if it fails, try another handle if possible */
 			cFYI(1, "wp failed on reopen file");
-			spin_lock(&cifs_file_list_lock);
-			/* can not use this handle, no write
-			   pending on this one after all */
 			cifsFileInfo_put(open_file);
 
-			if (open_file->closePend) /* list could have changed */
-				goto refind_writable;
+			spin_lock(&cifs_file_list_lock);
+
 			/* else we simply continue to the next entry. Thus
 			   we do not loop on reopen errors.  If we
 			   can not reopen the file, for example if we
@@ -1808,8 +1746,7 @@ ssize_t cifs_user_read(struct file *file, char __user *read_data,
 		smb_read_data = NULL;
 		while (rc == -EAGAIN) {
 			int buf_type = CIFS_NO_BUFFER;
-			if ((open_file->invalidHandle) &&
-			    (!open_file->closePend)) {
+			if (open_file->invalidHandle) {
 				rc = cifs_reopen_file(open_file, true);
 				if (rc != 0)
 					break;
@@ -1894,8 +1831,7 @@ static ssize_t cifs_read(struct file *file, char *read_data, size_t read_size,
 		}
 		rc = -EAGAIN;
 		while (rc == -EAGAIN) {
-			if ((open_file->invalidHandle) &&
-			    (!open_file->closePend)) {
+			if (open_file->invalidHandle) {
 				rc = cifs_reopen_file(open_file, true);
 				if (rc != 0)
 					break;
@@ -2059,8 +1995,7 @@ static int cifs_readpages(struct file *file, struct address_space *mapping,
 				read_size, contig_pages);
 		rc = -EAGAIN;
 		while (rc == -EAGAIN) {
-			if ((open_file->invalidHandle) &&
-			    (!open_file->closePend)) {
+			if (open_file->invalidHandle) {
 				rc = cifs_reopen_file(open_file, true);
 				if (rc != 0)
 					break;
@@ -2212,8 +2147,6 @@ static int is_inode_writable(struct cifsInodeInfo *cifs_inode)
 
 	spin_lock(&cifs_file_list_lock);
 	list_for_each_entry(open_file, &cifs_inode->openFileList, flist) {
-		if (open_file->closePend)
-			continue;
 		if (OPEN_FMODE(open_file->f_flags) & FMODE_WRITE) {
 			spin_unlock(&cifs_file_list_lock);
 			return 1;
@@ -2372,7 +2305,7 @@ void cifs_oplock_break(struct work_struct *work)
 	 * not bother sending an oplock release if session to server still is
 	 * disconnected since oplock already released by the server
 	 */
-	if (!cfile->closePend && !cfile->oplock_break_cancelled) {
+	if (!cfile->oplock_break_cancelled) {
 		rc = CIFSSMBLock(0, tlink_tcon(cfile->tlink), cfile->netfid, 0,
 				 0, 0, 0, LOCKING_ANDX_OPLOCK_RELEASE, false);
 		cFYI(1, "Oplock release rc = %d", rc);
diff --git a/fs/cifs/misc.c b/fs/cifs/misc.c
index de6073c..b86b423 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/misc.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/misc.c
@@ -567,16 +567,6 @@ is_valid_oplock_break(struct smb_hdr *buf, struct TCP_Server_Info *srv)
 				if (pSMB->Fid != netfile->netfid)
 					continue;
 
-				/*
-				 * don't do anything if file is about to be
-				 * closed anyway.
-				 */
-				if (netfile->closePend) {
-					spin_unlock(&cifs_file_list_lock);
-					read_unlock(&cifs_tcp_ses_lock);
-					return true;
-				}
-
 				cFYI(1, "file id match, oplock break");
 				pCifsInode = CIFS_I(netfile->dentry->d_inode);
 				pCifsInode->clientCanCacheAll = false;
