diff --git a/fs/cifs/connect.c b/fs/cifs/connect.c
index 21b31d1640e5..935fe198a4ba 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/connect.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/connect.c
@@ -2742,6 +2742,13 @@ cifs_match_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data)
 
 	spin_lock(&cifs_tcp_ses_lock);
 	cifs_sb = CIFS_SB(sb);
+
+	/* We do not want to use a superblock that has been shutdown */
+	if (CIFS_MOUNT_SHUTDOWN & cifs_sb->mnt_cifs_flags) {
+		spin_unlock(&cifs_tcp_ses_lock);
+		return 0;
+	}
+
 	tlink = cifs_get_tlink(cifs_sb_master_tlink(cifs_sb));
 	if (tlink == NULL) {
 		/* can not match superblock if tlink were ever null */