diff --git a/fs/cifs/connect.c b/fs/cifs/connect.c
index 21a4685894fa..78e6460d1e49 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/connect.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/connect.c
@@ -470,11 +470,13 @@ cifs_reconnect(struct TCP_Server_Info *server)
 		sb = NULL;
 	} else {
 		cifs_sb = CIFS_SB(sb);
-
 		rc = reconn_setup_dfs_targets(cifs_sb, &tgt_list);
-		if (rc && (rc != -EOPNOTSUPP)) {
-			cifs_server_dbg(VFS, "%s: no target servers for DFS failover\n",
-				 __func__);
+		if (rc) {
+			cifs_sb = NULL;
+			if (rc != -EOPNOTSUPP) {
+				cifs_server_dbg(VFS, "%s: no target servers for DFS failover\n",
+						__func__);
+			}
 		} else {
 			server->nr_targets = dfs_cache_get_nr_tgts(&tgt_list);
 		}