diff --git a/fs/cifs/dir.c b/fs/cifs/dir.c
index 5a35850ccb1a..9ae9a514676c 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/dir.c
@@ -738,6 +738,7 @@ static int
 cifs_d_revalidate(struct dentry *direntry, unsigned int flags)
 {
 	struct inode *inode;
+	int rc;
 
 	if (flags & LOOKUP_RCU)
 		return -ECHILD;
@@ -747,8 +748,25 @@ cifs_d_revalidate(struct dentry *direntry, unsigned int flags)
 		if ((flags & LOOKUP_REVAL) && !CIFS_CACHE_READ(CIFS_I(inode)))
 			CIFS_I(inode)->time = 0; /* force reval */
 
-		if (cifs_revalidate_dentry(direntry))
-			return 0;
+		rc = cifs_revalidate_dentry(direntry);
+		if (rc) {
+			cifs_dbg(FYI, "cifs_revalidate_dentry failed with rc=%d", rc);
+			switch (rc) {
+			case -ENOENT:
+			case -ESTALE:
+				/*
+				 * Those errors mean the dentry is invalid
+				 * (file was deleted or recreated)
+				 */
+				return 0;
+			default:
+				/*
+				 * Otherwise some unexpected error happened
+				 * report it as-is to VFS layer
+				 */
+				return rc;
+			}
+		}
 		else {
 			/*
 			 * If the inode wasn't known to be a dfs entry when