diff --git a/fs/cifs/inode.c b/fs/cifs/inode.c
index a8a2fc9ae056..786f67bee43a 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/inode.c
@@ -1722,6 +1722,10 @@ cifs_do_rename(const unsigned int xid, struct dentry *from_dentry,
 	if (rc == 0 || rc != -EBUSY)
 		goto do_rename_exit;
 
+	/* Don't fall back to using SMB on SMB 2+ mount */
+	if (server->vals->protocol_id != 0)
+		goto do_rename_exit;
+
 	/* open-file renames don't work across directories */
 	if (to_dentry->d_parent != from_dentry->d_parent)
 		goto do_rename_exit;