diff --git a/fs/smb/client/cifsproto.h b/fs/smb/client/cifsproto.h
index a914b88ca51a..f37e4da0fe40 100644
--- a/fs/smb/client/cifsproto.h
+++ b/fs/smb/client/cifsproto.h
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ extern char *cifs_compose_mount_options(const char *sb_mountdata,
 		const char *fullpath, const struct dfs_info3_param *ref,
 		char **devname);
 extern void delete_mid(struct mid_q_entry *mid);
-extern void release_mid(struct mid_q_entry *mid);
+void __release_mid(struct kref *refcount);
 extern void cifs_wake_up_task(struct mid_q_entry *mid);
 extern int cifs_handle_standard(struct TCP_Server_Info *server,
 				struct mid_q_entry *mid);
@@ -694,4 +694,9 @@ struct super_block *cifs_get_tcon_super(struct cifs_tcon *tcon);
 void cifs_put_tcon_super(struct super_block *sb);
 int cifs_wait_for_server_reconnect(struct TCP_Server_Info *server, bool retry);
 
+static inline void release_mid(struct mid_q_entry *mid)
+{
+	kref_put(&mid->refcount, __release_mid);
+}
+
 #endif			/* _CIFSPROTO_H */
diff --git a/fs/smb/client/smb2misc.c b/fs/smb/client/smb2misc.c
index 572293c18e16..eaa5bd148810 100644
--- a/fs/smb/client/smb2misc.c
+++ b/fs/smb/client/smb2misc.c
@@ -787,7 +787,7 @@ __smb2_handle_cancelled_cmd(struct cifs_tcon *tcon, __u16 cmd, __u64 mid,
 {
 	struct close_cancelled_open *cancelled;
 
-	cancelled = kzalloc(sizeof(*cancelled), GFP_ATOMIC);
+	cancelled = kzalloc(sizeof(*cancelled), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!cancelled)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
diff --git a/fs/smb/client/transport.c b/fs/smb/client/transport.c
index 87aea456ee90..8a1dd8407a3a 100644
--- a/fs/smb/client/transport.c
+++ b/fs/smb/client/transport.c
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ alloc_mid(const struct smb_hdr *smb_buffer, struct TCP_Server_Info *server)
 	return temp;
 }
 
-static void __release_mid(struct kref *refcount)
+void __release_mid(struct kref *refcount)
 {
 	struct mid_q_entry *midEntry =
 			container_of(refcount, struct mid_q_entry, refcount);
@@ -156,15 +156,6 @@ static void __release_mid(struct kref *refcount)
 	mempool_free(midEntry, cifs_mid_poolp);
 }
 
-void release_mid(struct mid_q_entry *mid)
-{
-	struct TCP_Server_Info *server = mid->server;
-
-	spin_lock(&server->mid_lock);
-	kref_put(&mid->refcount, __release_mid);
-	spin_unlock(&server->mid_lock);
-}
-
 void
 delete_mid(struct mid_q_entry *mid)
 {