diff --git a/fs/cifs/connect.c b/fs/cifs/connect.c
index 1d48901..5560e1d 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/connect.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/connect.c
@@ -373,12 +373,22 @@
 static bool
 server_unresponsive(struct TCP_Server_Info *server)
 {
-	if (echo_retries > 0 && server->tcpStatus == CifsGood &&
-	    time_after(jiffies, server->lstrp +
-				(echo_retries * SMB_ECHO_INTERVAL))) {
+	/*
+	 * We need to wait 2 echo intervals to make sure we handle such
+	 * situations right:
+	 * 1s  client sends a normal SMB request
+	 * 2s  client gets a response
+	 * 30s echo workqueue job pops, and decides we got a response recently
+	 *     and don't need to send another
+	 * ...
+	 * 65s kernel_recvmsg times out, and we see that we haven't gotten
+	 *     a response in >60s.
+	 */
+	if (server->tcpStatus == CifsGood &&
+	    time_after(jiffies, server->lstrp + 2 * SMB_ECHO_INTERVAL)) {
 		cERROR(1, "Server %s has not responded in %d seconds. "
 			  "Reconnecting...", server->hostname,
-			  (echo_retries * SMB_ECHO_INTERVAL / HZ));
+			  (2 * SMB_ECHO_INTERVAL) / HZ);
 		cifs_reconnect(server);
 		wake_up(&server->response_q);
 		return true;