diff --git a/fs/smb/client/cifs_fs_sb.h b/fs/smb/client/cifs_fs_sb.h
index 84e7e366b0ff..d6494e1d93cc 100644
--- a/fs/smb/client/cifs_fs_sb.h
+++ b/fs/smb/client/cifs_fs_sb.h
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ struct cifs_sb_info {
 	struct smb3_fs_context *ctx;
 	atomic_t active;
 	atomic_t mnt_cifs_flags;
+	atomic_t outstanding_rreq;	/* nr of rreqs not yet fully deinitialized */
 	struct delayed_work prune_tlinks;
 	struct rcu_head rcu;
 
diff --git a/fs/smb/client/cifsfs.c b/fs/smb/client/cifsfs.c
index ea4fc0fa68ca..4df6ca03a8de 100644
--- a/fs/smb/client/cifsfs.c
+++ b/fs/smb/client/cifsfs.c
@@ -311,6 +311,18 @@ static void cifs_kill_sb(struct super_block *sb)
 		/* Wait for all opened files to release */
 		flush_workqueue(deferredclose_wq);
 
+		/*
+		 * Wait for all in-flight netfs I/O requests to finish their
+		 * cleanup_work so that any cifsFileInfo final puts they queue
+		 * to fileinfo_put_wq/serverclose_wq have been queued, then
+		 * drain the workqueue so the cfile dentry refs are dropped to
+		 * avoid the busy dentry warning.
+		 */
+		wait_var_event(&cifs_sb->outstanding_rreq,
+			       !atomic_read(&cifs_sb->outstanding_rreq));
+		flush_workqueue(serverclose_wq);
+		flush_workqueue(fileinfo_put_wq);
+
 		/* finally release root dentry */
 		dput(cifs_sb->root);
 		cifs_sb->root = NULL;
diff --git a/fs/smb/client/connect.c b/fs/smb/client/connect.c
index 85aec302c89e..a187398fbabd 100644
--- a/fs/smb/client/connect.c
+++ b/fs/smb/client/connect.c
@@ -3485,6 +3485,7 @@ int cifs_setup_cifs_sb(struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb)
 
 	spin_lock_init(&cifs_sb->tlink_tree_lock);
 	cifs_sb->tlink_tree = RB_ROOT;
+	atomic_set(&cifs_sb->outstanding_rreq, 0);
 
 	cifs_dbg(FYI, "file mode: %04ho  dir mode: %04ho\n",
 		 ctx->file_mode, ctx->dir_mode);
diff --git a/fs/smb/client/file.c b/fs/smb/client/file.c
index 6a4aa57d58c3..968740e7c9c3 100644
--- a/fs/smb/client/file.c
+++ b/fs/smb/client/file.c
@@ -288,6 +288,7 @@ static int cifs_init_request(struct netfs_io_request *rreq, struct file *file)
 		return smb_EIO1(smb_eio_trace_not_netfs_writeback, rreq->origin);
 	}
 
+	atomic_inc(&cifs_sb->outstanding_rreq);
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -309,9 +310,13 @@ static void cifs_rreq_done(struct netfs_io_request *rreq)
 static void cifs_free_request(struct netfs_io_request *rreq)
 {
 	struct cifs_io_request *req = container_of(rreq, struct cifs_io_request, rreq);
+	struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb = CIFS_SB(rreq->inode->i_sb);
 
 	if (req->cfile)
 		cifsFileInfo_put(req->cfile);
+
+	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&cifs_sb->outstanding_rreq))
+		wake_up_var(&cifs_sb->outstanding_rreq);
 }
 
 static void cifs_free_subrequest(struct netfs_io_subrequest *subreq)