diff --git a/fs/cifs/inode.c b/fs/cifs/inode.c
index f60f068d33e86..5b8789b245310 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/inode.c
@@ -1637,7 +1637,7 @@ int cifs_unlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 		goto unlink_out;
 	}
 
-	cifs_close_all_deferred_files(tcon);
+	cifs_close_deferred_file(CIFS_I(inode));
 	if (cap_unix(tcon->ses) && (CIFS_UNIX_POSIX_PATH_OPS_CAP &
 				le64_to_cpu(tcon->fsUnixInfo.Capability))) {
 		rc = CIFSPOSIXDelFile(xid, tcon, full_path,
@@ -2096,6 +2096,7 @@ cifs_rename2(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns, struct inode *source_dir,
 	FILE_UNIX_BASIC_INFO *info_buf_target;
 	unsigned int xid;
 	int rc, tmprc;
+	int retry_count = 0;
 
 	if (flags & ~RENAME_NOREPLACE)
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -2125,10 +2126,24 @@ cifs_rename2(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns, struct inode *source_dir,
 		goto cifs_rename_exit;
 	}
 
-	cifs_close_all_deferred_files(tcon);
+	cifs_close_deferred_file(CIFS_I(d_inode(source_dentry)));
+	if (d_inode(target_dentry) != NULL)
+		cifs_close_deferred_file(CIFS_I(d_inode(target_dentry)));
+
 	rc = cifs_do_rename(xid, source_dentry, from_name, target_dentry,
 			    to_name);
 
+	if (rc == -EACCES) {
+		while (retry_count < 3) {
+			cifs_close_all_deferred_files(tcon);
+			rc = cifs_do_rename(xid, source_dentry, from_name, target_dentry,
+					    to_name);
+			if (rc != -EACCES)
+				break;
+			retry_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * No-replace is the natural behavior for CIFS, so skip unlink hacks.
 	 */
diff --git a/fs/cifs/misc.c b/fs/cifs/misc.c
index cccaccfb02d04..90f380a1b6188 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/misc.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/misc.c
@@ -735,13 +735,19 @@ void
 cifs_close_deferred_file(struct cifsInodeInfo *cifs_inode)
 {
 	struct cifsFileInfo *cfile = NULL;
-	struct cifs_deferred_close *dclose;
+
+	if (cifs_inode == NULL)
+		return;
 
 	list_for_each_entry(cfile, &cifs_inode->openFileList, flist) {
-		spin_lock(&cifs_inode->deferred_lock);
-		if (cifs_is_deferred_close(cfile, &dclose))
-			mod_delayed_work(deferredclose_wq, &cfile->deferred, 0);
-		spin_unlock(&cifs_inode->deferred_lock);
+		if (delayed_work_pending(&cfile->deferred)) {
+			/*
+			 * If there is no pending work, mod_delayed_work queues new work.
+			 * So, Increase the ref count to avoid use-after-free.
+			 */
+			if (!mod_delayed_work(deferredclose_wq, &cfile->deferred, 0))
+				cifsFileInfo_get(cfile);
+		}
 	}
 }