diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsproto.h b/fs/cifs/cifsproto.h
index ca34cc1e1931..8c0ed2b60285 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifsproto.h
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifsproto.h
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ extern struct mid_q_entry *AllocMidQEntry(const struct smb_hdr *smb_buffer,
 					struct TCP_Server_Info *server);
 extern void DeleteMidQEntry(struct mid_q_entry *midEntry);
 extern void cifs_delete_mid(struct mid_q_entry *mid);
-extern void cifs_mid_q_entry_release(struct mid_q_entry *midEntry);
+void _cifs_mid_q_entry_release(struct kref *refcount);
 extern void cifs_wake_up_task(struct mid_q_entry *mid);
 extern int cifs_handle_standard(struct TCP_Server_Info *server,
 				struct mid_q_entry *mid);
@@ -646,4 +646,9 @@ static inline int cifs_create_options(struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb, int options)
 		return options;
 }
 
+static inline void cifs_mid_q_entry_release(struct mid_q_entry *midEntry)
+{
+	kref_put(&midEntry->refcount, _cifs_mid_q_entry_release);
+}
+
 #endif			/* _CIFSPROTO_H */
diff --git a/fs/cifs/smb2misc.c b/fs/cifs/smb2misc.c
index 660e00eb4206..64887856331a 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/smb2misc.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/smb2misc.c
@@ -780,7 +780,7 @@ __smb2_handle_cancelled_cmd(struct cifs_tcon *tcon, __u16 cmd, __u64 mid,
 {
 	struct close_cancelled_open *cancelled;
 
-	cancelled = kzalloc(sizeof(*cancelled), GFP_ATOMIC);
+	cancelled = kzalloc(sizeof(*cancelled), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!cancelled)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
diff --git a/fs/cifs/transport.c b/fs/cifs/transport.c
index 488893962708..c6fd4223b3be 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/transport.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/transport.c
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ AllocMidQEntry(const struct smb_hdr *smb_buffer, struct TCP_Server_Info *server)
 	return temp;
 }
 
-static void _cifs_mid_q_entry_release(struct kref *refcount)
+void _cifs_mid_q_entry_release(struct kref *refcount)
 {
 	struct mid_q_entry *midEntry =
 			container_of(refcount, struct mid_q_entry, refcount);
@@ -168,13 +168,6 @@ static void _cifs_mid_q_entry_release(struct kref *refcount)
 	mempool_free(midEntry, cifs_mid_poolp);
 }
 
-void cifs_mid_q_entry_release(struct mid_q_entry *midEntry)
-{
-	spin_lock(&GlobalMid_Lock);
-	kref_put(&midEntry->refcount, _cifs_mid_q_entry_release);
-	spin_unlock(&GlobalMid_Lock);
-}
-
 void DeleteMidQEntry(struct mid_q_entry *midEntry)
 {
 	cifs_mid_q_entry_release(midEntry);