diff --git a/fs/cifs/asn1.c b/fs/cifs/asn1.c
index cfd1ce34e0bc7b8c4794c81e1aa937e7f009ca75..1d36db114772b953065555cd7e80aa5abca36a7d 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/asn1.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/asn1.c
@@ -614,53 +614,10 @@ decode_negTokenInit(unsigned char *security_blob, int length,
 		}
 	}
 
-	/* mechlistMIC */
-	if (asn1_header_decode(&ctx, &end, &cls, &con, &tag) == 0) {
-		/* Check if we have reached the end of the blob, but with
-		   no mechListMic (e.g. NTLMSSP instead of KRB5) */
-		if (ctx.error == ASN1_ERR_DEC_EMPTY)
-			goto decode_negtoken_exit;
-		cFYI(1, "Error decoding last part negTokenInit exit3");
-		return 0;
-	} else if ((cls != ASN1_CTX) || (con != ASN1_CON)) {
-		/* tag = 3 indicating mechListMIC */
-		cFYI(1, "Exit 4 cls = %d con = %d tag = %d end = %p (%d)",
-			cls, con, tag, end, *end);
-		return 0;
-	}
-
-	/* sequence */
-	if (asn1_header_decode(&ctx, &end, &cls, &con, &tag) == 0) {
-		cFYI(1, "Error decoding last part negTokenInit exit5");
-		return 0;
-	} else if ((cls != ASN1_UNI) || (con != ASN1_CON)
-		   || (tag != ASN1_SEQ)) {
-		cFYI(1, "cls = %d con = %d tag = %d end = %p (%d)",
-			cls, con, tag, end, *end);
-	}
-
-	/* sequence of */
-	if (asn1_header_decode(&ctx, &end, &cls, &con, &tag) == 0) {
-		cFYI(1, "Error decoding last part negTokenInit exit 7");
-		return 0;
-	} else if ((cls != ASN1_CTX) || (con != ASN1_CON)) {
-		cFYI(1, "Exit 8 cls = %d con = %d tag = %d end = %p (%d)",
-			cls, con, tag, end, *end);
-		return 0;
-	}
-
-	/* general string */
-	if (asn1_header_decode(&ctx, &end, &cls, &con, &tag) == 0) {
-		cFYI(1, "Error decoding last part negTokenInit exit9");
-		return 0;
-	} else if ((cls != ASN1_UNI) || (con != ASN1_PRI)
-		   || (tag != ASN1_GENSTR)) {
-		cFYI(1, "Exit10 cls = %d con = %d tag = %d end = %p (%d)",
-			cls, con, tag, end, *end);
-		return 0;
-	}
-	cFYI(1, "Need to call asn1_octets_decode() function for %s",
-		ctx.pointer);	/* is this UTF-8 or ASCII? */
-decode_negtoken_exit:
+	/*
+	 * We currently ignore anything at the end of the SPNEGO blob after
+	 * the mechTypes have been parsed, since none of that info is
+	 * used at the moment.
+	 */
 	return 1;
 }
diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
index 3cf8a15af91607bf000467e3c7c166337a8148f0..345fc89c4286985ed55cd972410c287a09c440f3 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
@@ -91,6 +91,30 @@ struct workqueue_struct	*cifsiod_wq;
 __u8 cifs_client_guid[SMB2_CLIENT_GUID_SIZE];
 #endif
 
+/*
+ * Bumps refcount for cifs super block.
+ * Note that it should be only called if a referece to VFS super block is
+ * already held, e.g. in open-type syscalls context. Otherwise it can race with
+ * atomic_dec_and_test in deactivate_locked_super.
+ */
+void
+cifs_sb_active(struct super_block *sb)
+{
+	struct cifs_sb_info *server = CIFS_SB(sb);
+
+	if (atomic_inc_return(&server->active) == 1)
+		atomic_inc(&sb->s_active);
+}
+
+void
+cifs_sb_deactive(struct super_block *sb)
+{
+	struct cifs_sb_info *server = CIFS_SB(sb);
+
+	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&server->active))
+		deactivate_super(sb);
+}
+
 static int
 cifs_read_super(struct super_block *sb)
 {
diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.h b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.h
index 7163419cecd95186f912522ba1736eb4e8c95454..0e32c3446ce9330b21898c59e72bd5430c47e48b 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.h
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.h
@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@ extern struct file_system_type cifs_fs_type;
 extern const struct address_space_operations cifs_addr_ops;
 extern const struct address_space_operations cifs_addr_ops_smallbuf;
 
+/* Functions related to super block operations */
+extern void cifs_sb_active(struct super_block *sb);
+extern void cifs_sb_deactive(struct super_block *sb);
+
 /* Functions related to inodes */
 extern const struct inode_operations cifs_dir_inode_ops;
 extern struct inode *cifs_root_iget(struct super_block *);
diff --git a/fs/cifs/file.c b/fs/cifs/file.c
index 8c0d8557731443ffb564905bb1ad0a9c64b8169b..7a0dd99e45077dfd2f7f780c140954575c9145a6 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/file.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/file.c
@@ -300,6 +300,8 @@ cifs_new_fileinfo(struct cifs_fid *fid, struct file *file,
 	INIT_WORK(&cfile->oplock_break, cifs_oplock_break);
 	mutex_init(&cfile->fh_mutex);
 
+	cifs_sb_active(inode->i_sb);
+
 	/*
 	 * If the server returned a read oplock and we have mandatory brlocks,
 	 * set oplock level to None.
@@ -349,7 +351,8 @@ void cifsFileInfo_put(struct cifsFileInfo *cifs_file)
 	struct cifs_tcon *tcon = tlink_tcon(cifs_file->tlink);
 	struct TCP_Server_Info *server = tcon->ses->server;
 	struct cifsInodeInfo *cifsi = CIFS_I(inode);
-	struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb = CIFS_SB(inode->i_sb);
+	struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
+	struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb = CIFS_SB(sb);
 	struct cifsLockInfo *li, *tmp;
 	struct cifs_fid fid;
 	struct cifs_pending_open open;
@@ -414,6 +417,7 @@ void cifsFileInfo_put(struct cifsFileInfo *cifs_file)
 
 	cifs_put_tlink(cifs_file->tlink);
 	dput(cifs_file->dentry);
+	cifs_sb_deactive(sb);
 	kfree(cifs_file);
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/cifs/inode.c b/fs/cifs/inode.c
index 0079696305c980def5c17cc1906f75d20f3565c4..20887bf63121286e3d52f582db922ec64f4a71e5 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/inode.c
@@ -1043,7 +1043,7 @@ cifs_rename_pending_delete(const char *full_path, struct dentry *dentry,
 				   cifs_sb->mnt_cifs_flags &
 					    CIFS_MOUNT_MAP_SPECIAL_CHR);
 	if (rc != 0) {
-		rc = -ETXTBSY;
+		rc = -EBUSY;
 		goto undo_setattr;
 	}
 
@@ -1062,7 +1062,7 @@ cifs_rename_pending_delete(const char *full_path, struct dentry *dentry,
 		if (rc == -ENOENT)
 			rc = 0;
 		else if (rc != 0) {
-			rc = -ETXTBSY;
+			rc = -EBUSY;
 			goto undo_rename;
 		}
 		cifsInode->delete_pending = true;
@@ -1169,15 +1169,13 @@ int cifs_unlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 			cifs_drop_nlink(inode);
 	} else if (rc == -ENOENT) {
 		d_drop(dentry);
-	} else if (rc == -ETXTBSY) {
+	} else if (rc == -EBUSY) {
 		if (server->ops->rename_pending_delete) {
 			rc = server->ops->rename_pending_delete(full_path,
 								dentry, xid);
 			if (rc == 0)
 				cifs_drop_nlink(inode);
 		}
-		if (rc == -ETXTBSY)
-			rc = -EBUSY;
 	} else if ((rc == -EACCES) && (dosattr == 0) && inode) {
 		attrs = kzalloc(sizeof(*attrs), GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (attrs == NULL) {
@@ -1518,7 +1516,7 @@ cifs_do_rename(const unsigned int xid, struct dentry *from_dentry,
 	 * source. Note that cross directory moves do not work with
 	 * rename by filehandle to various Windows servers.
 	 */
-	if (rc == 0 || rc != -ETXTBSY)
+	if (rc == 0 || rc != -EBUSY)
 		goto do_rename_exit;
 
 	/* open-file renames don't work across directories */
diff --git a/fs/cifs/netmisc.c b/fs/cifs/netmisc.c
index a82bc51fdc82abad102b286399fd037ef10428c5..c0b25b28be6ccc1079185bc3effd6672c56976de 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/netmisc.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/netmisc.c
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ static const struct smb_to_posix_error mapping_table_ERRDOS[] = {
 	{ERRdiffdevice, -EXDEV},
 	{ERRnofiles, -ENOENT},
 	{ERRwriteprot, -EROFS},
-	{ERRbadshare, -ETXTBSY},
+	{ERRbadshare, -EBUSY},
 	{ERRlock, -EACCES},
 	{ERRunsup, -EINVAL},
 	{ERRnosuchshare, -ENXIO},