diff --git a/fs/cifs/CHANGES b/fs/cifs/CHANGES
index 13d788f..0c77876 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/CHANGES
+++ b/fs/cifs/CHANGES
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
 Fix oops on second mount to server when null auth is used.
 Enable experimental Kerberos support.  Return writebehind errors on flush
 and sync so that events like out of disk space get reported properly on
-cached files. Fix setxattr failure to certain Samba versions.
+cached files. Fix setxattr failure to certain Samba versions. Fix mount
+of second share to disconnected server session (autoreconnect on this).
 
 Version 1.51
 ------------
diff --git a/fs/cifs/connect.c b/fs/cifs/connect.c
index fd9147c..658f58b 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/connect.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/connect.c
@@ -1964,7 +1964,15 @@
 
 	if (existingCifsSes) {
 		pSesInfo = existingCifsSes;
-		cFYI(1, ("Existing smb sess found"));
+		cFYI(1, ("Existing smb sess found (status=%d)",
+			pSesInfo->status));
+		if (pSesInfo->status == CifsNeedReconnect) {
+			cFYI(1, ("Session needs reconnect"));
+			down(&pSesInfo->sesSem);
+			rc = cifs_setup_session(xid, pSesInfo,
+						cifs_sb->local_nls);
+			up(&pSesInfo->sesSem);
+		}
 	} else if (!rc) {
 		cFYI(1, ("Existing smb sess not found"));
 		pSesInfo = sesInfoAlloc();