diff --git a/fs/cifs/inode.c b/fs/cifs/inode.c
index 62b324f..6f0683c 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/inode.c
@@ -1401,6 +1401,10 @@
 	if (rc == 0 || rc != -ETXTBSY)
 		return rc;
 
+	/* open-file renames don't work across directories */
+	if (to_dentry->d_parent != from_dentry->d_parent)
+		return rc;
+
 	/* open the file to be renamed -- we need DELETE perms */
 	rc = CIFSSMBOpen(xid, pTcon, fromPath, FILE_OPEN, DELETE,
 			 CREATE_NOT_DIR, &srcfid, &oplock, NULL,