diff --git a/fs/smb/client/connect.c b/fs/smb/client/connect.c
index f6434e867b38..087859619a9a 100644
--- a/fs/smb/client/connect.c
+++ b/fs/smb/client/connect.c
@@ -3989,7 +3989,7 @@ cifs_set_vol_auth(struct smb3_fs_context *ctx, struct cifs_ses *ses)
 }
 
 static struct cifs_tcon *
-cifs_construct_tcon(struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb, kuid_t fsuid)
+__cifs_construct_tcon(struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb, kuid_t fsuid)
 {
 	int rc;
 	struct cifs_tcon *master_tcon = cifs_sb_master_tcon(cifs_sb);
@@ -4087,6 +4087,17 @@ cifs_construct_tcon(struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb, kuid_t fsuid)
 	return tcon;
 }
 
+static struct cifs_tcon *
+cifs_construct_tcon(struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb, kuid_t fsuid)
+{
+	struct cifs_tcon *ret;
+
+	cifs_mount_lock();
+	ret = __cifs_construct_tcon(cifs_sb, fsuid);
+	cifs_mount_unlock();
+	return ret;
+}
+
 struct cifs_tcon *
 cifs_sb_master_tcon(struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb)
 {
diff --git a/fs/smb/client/fs_context.c b/fs/smb/client/fs_context.c
index 415e87635d5a..d9fe17b2ba37 100644
--- a/fs/smb/client/fs_context.c
+++ b/fs/smb/client/fs_context.c
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 #include "rfc1002pdu.h"
 #include "fs_context.h"
 
-static DEFINE_MUTEX(cifs_mount_mutex);
+DEFINE_MUTEX(cifs_mount_mutex);
 
 static const match_table_t cifs_smb_version_tokens = {
 	{ Smb_1, SMB1_VERSION_STRING },
@@ -753,9 +753,9 @@ static int smb3_get_tree(struct fs_context *fc)
 
 	if (err)
 		return err;
-	mutex_lock(&cifs_mount_mutex);
+	cifs_mount_lock();
 	ret = smb3_get_tree_common(fc);
-	mutex_unlock(&cifs_mount_mutex);
+	cifs_mount_unlock();
 	return ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/smb/client/fs_context.h b/fs/smb/client/fs_context.h
index 182ce11cbe93..b3d51b345eae 100644
--- a/fs/smb/client/fs_context.h
+++ b/fs/smb/client/fs_context.h
@@ -295,4 +295,16 @@ extern void smb3_update_mnt_flags(struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb);
 #define MAX_CACHED_FIDS 16
 extern char *cifs_sanitize_prepath(char *prepath, gfp_t gfp);
 
+extern struct mutex cifs_mount_mutex;
+
+static inline void cifs_mount_lock(void)
+{
+	mutex_lock(&cifs_mount_mutex);
+}
+
+static inline void cifs_mount_unlock(void)
+{
+	mutex_unlock(&cifs_mount_mutex);
+}
+
 #endif