diff --git a/fs/smb/client/cached_dir.c b/fs/smb/client/cached_dir.c
index 971892620504..5730c65ffb40 100644
--- a/fs/smb/client/cached_dir.c
+++ b/fs/smb/client/cached_dir.c
@@ -367,6 +367,7 @@ out:
 		atomic_inc(&tcon->num_remote_opens);
 	}
 	kfree(utf16_path);
+
 	return rc;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/smb/client/cifsglob.h b/fs/smb/client/cifsglob.h
index dd12364ef372..4eb706e27c82 100644
--- a/fs/smb/client/cifsglob.h
+++ b/fs/smb/client/cifsglob.h
@@ -1830,6 +1830,13 @@ static inline bool is_retryable_error(int error)
 	return false;
 }
 
+static inline bool is_replayable_error(int error)
+{
+	if (error == -EAGAIN || error == -ECONNABORTED)
+		return true;
+	return false;
+}
+
 
 /* cifs_get_writable_file() flags */
 #define FIND_WR_ANY         0