diff --git a/fs/smb/server/connection.c b/fs/smb/server/connection.c
index e1d2be19cddf..ff97cad8d5b4 100644
--- a/fs/smb/server/connection.c
+++ b/fs/smb/server/connection.c
@@ -84,6 +84,8 @@ struct ksmbd_conn *ksmbd_conn_alloc(void)
 	spin_lock_init(&conn->llist_lock);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&conn->lock_list);
 
+	init_rwsem(&conn->session_lock);
+
 	down_write(&conn_list_lock);
 	list_add(&conn->conns_list, &conn_list);
 	up_write(&conn_list_lock);
diff --git a/fs/smb/server/connection.h b/fs/smb/server/connection.h
index ad8dfaa48ffb..335fdd714d59 100644
--- a/fs/smb/server/connection.h
+++ b/fs/smb/server/connection.h
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ struct ksmbd_conn {
 	struct nls_table		*local_nls;
 	struct unicode_map		*um;
 	struct list_head		conns_list;
+	struct rw_semaphore		session_lock;
 	/* smb session 1 per user */
 	struct xarray			sessions;
 	unsigned long			last_active;
diff --git a/fs/smb/server/mgmt/user_session.c b/fs/smb/server/mgmt/user_session.c
index ea4b56d570fb..cf6621e21ba3 100644
--- a/fs/smb/server/mgmt/user_session.c
+++ b/fs/smb/server/mgmt/user_session.c
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ static void ksmbd_expire_session(struct ksmbd_conn *conn)
 	unsigned long id;
 	struct ksmbd_session *sess;
 
-	down_write(&sessions_table_lock);
+	down_write(&conn->session_lock);
 	xa_for_each(&conn->sessions, id, sess) {
 		if (sess->state != SMB2_SESSION_VALID ||
 		    time_after(jiffies,
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ static void ksmbd_expire_session(struct ksmbd_conn *conn)
 			continue;
 		}
 	}
-	up_write(&sessions_table_lock);
+	up_write(&conn->session_lock);
 }
 
 int ksmbd_session_register(struct ksmbd_conn *conn,
@@ -236,7 +236,9 @@ void ksmbd_sessions_deregister(struct ksmbd_conn *conn)
 			}
 		}
 	}
+	up_write(&sessions_table_lock);
 
+	down_write(&conn->session_lock);
 	xa_for_each(&conn->sessions, id, sess) {
 		unsigned long chann_id;
 		struct channel *chann;
@@ -253,7 +255,7 @@ void ksmbd_sessions_deregister(struct ksmbd_conn *conn)
 			ksmbd_session_destroy(sess);
 		}
 	}
-	up_write(&sessions_table_lock);
+	up_write(&conn->session_lock);
 }
 
 struct ksmbd_session *ksmbd_session_lookup(struct ksmbd_conn *conn,
@@ -261,9 +263,11 @@ struct ksmbd_session *ksmbd_session_lookup(struct ksmbd_conn *conn,
 {
 	struct ksmbd_session *sess;
 
+	down_read(&conn->session_lock);
 	sess = xa_load(&conn->sessions, id);
 	if (sess)
 		sess->last_active = jiffies;
+	up_read(&conn->session_lock);
 	return sess;
 }