diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
index 26f87437b2dd..1820f8406978 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
@@ -730,6 +730,20 @@ static void cifs_umount_begin(struct super_block *sb)
 	return;
 }
 
+static int cifs_freeze(struct super_block *sb)
+{
+	struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb = CIFS_SB(sb);
+	struct cifs_tcon *tcon;
+
+	if (cifs_sb == NULL)
+		return 0;
+
+	tcon = cifs_sb_master_tcon(cifs_sb);
+
+	cifs_close_all_deferred_files(tcon);
+	return 0;
+}
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_CIFS_STATS2
 static int cifs_show_stats(struct seq_file *s, struct dentry *root)
 {
@@ -761,6 +775,7 @@ static const struct super_operations cifs_super_ops = {
 	as opens */
 	.show_options = cifs_show_options,
 	.umount_begin   = cifs_umount_begin,
+	.freeze_fs      = cifs_freeze,
 #ifdef CONFIG_CIFS_STATS2
 	.show_stats = cifs_show_stats,
 #endif