diff --git a/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c b/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c
index e1d8cec6ba2e..e1cac715d19e 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ smb2_reconnect(__le16 smb2_command, struct cifs_tcon *tcon)
 		if (server->tcpStatus != CifsNeedReconnect)
 			break;
 
-		if (--retries)
+		if (retries && --retries)
 			continue;
 
 		/*