diff --git a/fs/smb/client/cifsglob.h b/fs/smb/client/cifsglob.h
index b5808fe3469a21002acacd36ed474a72ba316206..e5eec6d38d028802eda2ab6fe0de6d0c08662502 100644
--- a/fs/smb/client/cifsglob.h
+++ b/fs/smb/client/cifsglob.h
@@ -532,7 +532,7 @@ struct smb_version_operations {
 	/* Check for STATUS_IO_TIMEOUT */
 	bool (*is_status_io_timeout)(char *buf);
 	/* Check for STATUS_NETWORK_NAME_DELETED */
-	void (*is_network_name_deleted)(char *buf, struct TCP_Server_Info *srv);
+	bool (*is_network_name_deleted)(char *buf, struct TCP_Server_Info *srv);
 };
 
 struct smb_version_values {
diff --git a/fs/smb/client/connect.c b/fs/smb/client/connect.c
index 85dd1b373974a1500ed462ab9f292aa686991ab1..aad0edc5d5d16b3771f85ccea35d77b1f858f0c5 100644
--- a/fs/smb/client/connect.c
+++ b/fs/smb/client/connect.c
@@ -1226,9 +1226,14 @@ cifs_demultiplex_thread(void *p)
 			if (mids[i] != NULL) {
 				mids[i]->resp_buf_size = server->pdu_size;
 
-				if (bufs[i] && server->ops->is_network_name_deleted)
-					server->ops->is_network_name_deleted(bufs[i],
-									server);
+				if (bufs[i] != NULL) {
+					if (server->ops->is_network_name_deleted &&
+					    server->ops->is_network_name_deleted(bufs[i],
+										 server)) {
+						cifs_server_dbg(FYI,
+								"Share deleted. Reconnect needed");
+					}
+				}
 
 				if (!mids[i]->multiRsp || mids[i]->multiEnd)
 					mids[i]->callback(mids[i]);
diff --git a/fs/smb/client/smb2ops.c b/fs/smb/client/smb2ops.c
index 87abce010974403ba9ece93313e336baf06512e9..0f62bc373ad05cdf84ab2da8e12c18d1c134eeac 100644
--- a/fs/smb/client/smb2ops.c
+++ b/fs/smb/client/smb2ops.c
@@ -2395,7 +2395,7 @@ smb2_is_status_io_timeout(char *buf)
 		return false;
 }
 
-static void
+static bool
 smb2_is_network_name_deleted(char *buf, struct TCP_Server_Info *server)
 {
 	struct smb2_hdr *shdr = (struct smb2_hdr *)buf;
@@ -2404,7 +2404,7 @@ smb2_is_network_name_deleted(char *buf, struct TCP_Server_Info *server)
 	struct cifs_tcon *tcon;
 
 	if (shdr->Status != STATUS_NETWORK_NAME_DELETED)
-		return;
+		return false;
 
 	/* If server is a channel, select the primary channel */
 	pserver = CIFS_SERVER_IS_CHAN(server) ? server->primary_server : server;
@@ -2419,11 +2419,13 @@ smb2_is_network_name_deleted(char *buf, struct TCP_Server_Info *server)
 				spin_unlock(&cifs_tcp_ses_lock);
 				pr_warn_once("Server share %s deleted.\n",
 					     tcon->tree_name);
-				return;
+				return true;
 			}
 		}
 	}
 	spin_unlock(&cifs_tcp_ses_lock);
+
+	return false;
 }
 
 static int