diff --git a/fs/cifs/connect.c b/fs/cifs/connect.c
index 9a9a543..bb35ae7 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/connect.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/connect.c
@@ -2673,6 +2673,30 @@
 		cifs_dbg(FYI, "DFS disabled (%d)\n", tcon->Flags);
 	}
 	tcon->seal = volume_info->seal;
+	tcon->use_persistent = false;
+	/* check if SMB2 or later, CIFS does not support persistent handles */
+	if (volume_info->persistent) {
+		if (ses->server->vals->protocol_id == 0) {
+			cifs_dbg(VFS,
+			     "SMB3 or later required for persistent handles\n");
+			rc = -EOPNOTSUPP;
+			goto out_fail;
+		} else if (ses->server->capabilities &
+			   SMB2_GLOBAL_CAP_PERSISTENT_HANDLES)
+			tcon->use_persistent = true;
+		else /* persistent handles requested but not supported */ {
+			cifs_dbg(VFS,
+				"Persistent handles not supported on share\n");
+			rc = -EOPNOTSUPP;
+			goto out_fail;
+		}
+	} else if ((tcon->capabilities & SMB2_SHARE_CAP_CONTINUOUS_AVAILABILITY)
+	     && (ses->server->capabilities & SMB2_GLOBAL_CAP_PERSISTENT_HANDLES)
+	     && (volume_info->nopersistent == false)) {
+		cifs_dbg(FYI, "enabling persistent handles\n");
+		tcon->use_persistent = true;
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * We can have only one retry value for a connection to a share so for
 	 * resources mounted more than once to the same server share the last
@@ -3521,6 +3545,12 @@
 		goto mount_fail_check;
 	}
 
+	if ((volume_info->persistent == true) && ((ses->server->capabilities &
+		SMB2_GLOBAL_CAP_PERSISTENT_HANDLES) == 0)) {
+		cifs_dbg(VFS, "persistent handles not supported by server\n");
+		rc = -EOPNOTSUPP;
+		goto mount_fail_check;
+	}
 	/* search for existing tcon to this server share */
 	tcon = cifs_get_tcon(ses, volume_info);
 	if (IS_ERR(tcon)) {