diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifs_debug.h b/fs/cifs/cifs_debug.h
index 86e92ef2abc1..69ae3d3c3b31 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifs_debug.h
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifs_debug.h
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ void dump_smb(void *, int);
 #define CIFS_TIMER	0x04
 
 extern int cifsFYI;
-extern int cifsERROR;
 
 /*
  *	debug ON
@@ -64,10 +63,7 @@ do {									\
 
 /* error event message: e.g., i/o error */
 #define cifserror(fmt, ...)						\
-do {									\
-	if (cifsERROR)							\
-		printk(KERN_ERR "CIFS VFS: " fmt "\n", ##__VA_ARGS__);	\
-} while (0)
+	printk(KERN_ERR "CIFS VFS: " fmt "\n", ##__VA_ARGS__);		\
 
 #define cERROR(set, fmt, ...)						\
 do {									\
diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
index ce9f3c5421bf..f653835d067b 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@
 #endif
 
 int cifsFYI = 0;
-int cifsERROR = 1;
 int traceSMB = 0;
 bool enable_oplocks = true;
 unsigned int linuxExtEnabled = 1;
diff --git a/fs/cifs/connect.c b/fs/cifs/connect.c
index 7635b5db26a7..17c3643e5950 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/connect.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/connect.c
@@ -1624,14 +1624,11 @@ cifs_parse_mount_options(const char *mountdata, const char *devname,
 		case Opt_unc:
 			string = vol->UNC;
 			vol->UNC = match_strdup(args);
-			if (vol->UNC == NULL) {
-				kfree(string);
+			if (vol->UNC == NULL)
 				goto out_nomem;
-			}
 
 			convert_delimiter(vol->UNC, '\\');
 			if (vol->UNC[0] != '\\' || vol->UNC[1] != '\\') {
-				kfree(string);
 				printk(KERN_ERR "CIFS: UNC Path does not "
 						"begin with // or \\\\\n");
 				goto cifs_parse_mount_err;
@@ -1687,10 +1684,8 @@ cifs_parse_mount_options(const char *mountdata, const char *devname,
 
 			string = vol->prepath;
 			vol->prepath = match_strdup(args);
-			if (vol->prepath == NULL) {
-				kfree(string);
+			if (vol->prepath == NULL)
 				goto out_nomem;
-			}
 			/* Compare old prefixpath= option to new one */
 			if (!string || strcmp(string, vol->prepath))
 				printk(KERN_WARNING "CIFS: the value of the "
diff --git a/fs/cifs/readdir.c b/fs/cifs/readdir.c
index 6002fdc920ae..cdd6ff48246b 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/readdir.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/readdir.c
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ cifs_prime_dcache(struct dentry *parent, struct qstr *name,
 	struct dentry *dentry, *alias;
 	struct inode *inode;
 	struct super_block *sb = parent->d_inode->i_sb;
+	struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb = CIFS_SB(sb);
 
 	cFYI(1, "%s: for %s", __func__, name->name);
 
@@ -91,10 +92,20 @@ cifs_prime_dcache(struct dentry *parent, struct qstr *name,
 		int err;
 
 		inode = dentry->d_inode;
-		/* update inode in place if i_ino didn't change */
-		if (inode && CIFS_I(inode)->uniqueid == fattr->cf_uniqueid) {
-			cifs_fattr_to_inode(inode, fattr);
-			goto out;
+		if (inode) {
+			/*
+			 * If we're generating inode numbers, then we don't
+			 * want to clobber the existing one with the one that
+			 * the readdir code created.
+			 */
+			if (!(cifs_sb->mnt_cifs_flags & CIFS_MOUNT_SERVER_INUM))
+				fattr->cf_uniqueid = CIFS_I(inode)->uniqueid;
+
+			/* update inode in place if i_ino didn't change */
+			if (CIFS_I(inode)->uniqueid == fattr->cf_uniqueid) {
+				cifs_fattr_to_inode(inode, fattr);
+				goto out;
+			}
 		}
 		err = d_invalidate(dentry);
 		dput(dentry);