diff --git a/fs/cifs/inode.c b/fs/cifs/inode.c
index b5e6635c578e..1c6f659110d0 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/inode.c
@@ -2073,6 +2073,7 @@ int cifs_revalidate_dentry_attr(struct dentry *dentry)
 	struct inode *inode = d_inode(dentry);
 	struct super_block *sb = dentry->d_sb;
 	char *full_path = NULL;
+	int count = 0;
 
 	if (inode == NULL)
 		return -ENOENT;
@@ -2094,15 +2095,18 @@ int cifs_revalidate_dentry_attr(struct dentry *dentry)
 		 full_path, inode, inode->i_count.counter,
 		 dentry, cifs_get_time(dentry), jiffies);
 
+again:
 	if (cifs_sb_master_tcon(CIFS_SB(sb))->unix_ext)
 		rc = cifs_get_inode_info_unix(&inode, full_path, sb, xid);
 	else
 		rc = cifs_get_inode_info(&inode, full_path, NULL, sb,
 					 xid, NULL);
-
+	if (rc == -EAGAIN && count++ < 10)
+		goto again;
 out:
 	kfree(full_path);
 	free_xid(xid);
+
 	return rc;
 }