diff --git a/fs/smb/client/cached_dir.h b/fs/smb/client/cached_dir.h
index 1dfe79d..bc8a812 100644
--- a/fs/smb/client/cached_dir.h
+++ b/fs/smb/client/cached_dir.h
@@ -21,10 +21,10 @@ struct cached_dirent {
 struct cached_dirents {
 	bool is_valid:1;
 	bool is_failed:1;
-	struct dir_context *ctx; /*
-				  * Only used to make sure we only take entries
-				  * from a single context. Never dereferenced.
-				  */
+	struct file *file; /*
+			    * Used to associate the cache with a single
+			    * open file instance.
+			    */
 	struct mutex de_mutex;
 	int pos;		 /* Expected ctx->pos */
 	struct list_head entries;
diff --git a/fs/smb/client/readdir.c b/fs/smb/client/readdir.c
index f9f11cb..ba0193c 100644
--- a/fs/smb/client/readdir.c
+++ b/fs/smb/client/readdir.c
@@ -851,9 +851,9 @@ static bool emit_cached_dirents(struct cached_dirents *cde,
 }
 
 static void update_cached_dirents_count(struct cached_dirents *cde,
-					struct dir_context *ctx)
+					struct file *file)
 {
-	if (cde->ctx != ctx)
+	if (cde->file != file)
 		return;
 	if (cde->is_valid || cde->is_failed)
 		return;
@@ -862,9 +862,9 @@ static void update_cached_dirents_count(struct cached_dirents *cde,
 }
 
 static void finished_cached_dirents_count(struct cached_dirents *cde,
-					struct dir_context *ctx)
+					struct dir_context *ctx, struct file *file)
 {
-	if (cde->ctx != ctx)
+	if (cde->file != file)
 		return;
 	if (cde->is_valid || cde->is_failed)
 		return;
@@ -877,11 +877,12 @@ static void finished_cached_dirents_count(struct cached_dirents *cde,
 static void add_cached_dirent(struct cached_dirents *cde,
 			      struct dir_context *ctx,
 			      const char *name, int namelen,
-			      struct cifs_fattr *fattr)
+			      struct cifs_fattr *fattr,
+				  struct file *file)
 {
 	struct cached_dirent *de;
 
-	if (cde->ctx != ctx)
+	if (cde->file != file)
 		return;
 	if (cde->is_valid || cde->is_failed)
 		return;
@@ -911,7 +912,8 @@ static void add_cached_dirent(struct cached_dirents *cde,
 static bool cifs_dir_emit(struct dir_context *ctx,
 			  const char *name, int namelen,
 			  struct cifs_fattr *fattr,
-			  struct cached_fid *cfid)
+			  struct cached_fid *cfid,
+			  struct file *file)
 {
 	bool rc;
 	ino_t ino = cifs_uniqueid_to_ino_t(fattr->cf_uniqueid);
@@ -923,7 +925,7 @@ static bool cifs_dir_emit(struct dir_context *ctx,
 	if (cfid) {
 		mutex_lock(&cfid->dirents.de_mutex);
 		add_cached_dirent(&cfid->dirents, ctx, name, namelen,
-				  fattr);
+				  fattr, file);
 		mutex_unlock(&cfid->dirents.de_mutex);
 	}
 
@@ -1023,7 +1025,7 @@ static int cifs_filldir(char *find_entry, struct file *file,
 	cifs_prime_dcache(file_dentry(file), &name, &fattr);
 
 	return !cifs_dir_emit(ctx, name.name, name.len,
-			      &fattr, cfid);
+			      &fattr, cfid, file);
 }
 
 
@@ -1074,8 +1076,8 @@ int cifs_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 	 * we need to initialize scanning and storing the
 	 * directory content.
 	 */
-	if (ctx->pos == 0 && cfid->dirents.ctx == NULL) {
-		cfid->dirents.ctx = ctx;
+	if (ctx->pos == 0 && cfid->dirents.file == NULL) {
+		cfid->dirents.file = file;
 		cfid->dirents.pos = 2;
 	}
 	/*
@@ -1143,7 +1145,7 @@ int cifs_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 	} else {
 		if (cfid) {
 			mutex_lock(&cfid->dirents.de_mutex);
-			finished_cached_dirents_count(&cfid->dirents, ctx);
+			finished_cached_dirents_count(&cfid->dirents, ctx, file);
 			mutex_unlock(&cfid->dirents.de_mutex);
 		}
 		cifs_dbg(FYI, "Could not find entry\n");
@@ -1184,7 +1186,7 @@ int cifs_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 		ctx->pos++;
 		if (cfid) {
 			mutex_lock(&cfid->dirents.de_mutex);
-			update_cached_dirents_count(&cfid->dirents, ctx);
+			update_cached_dirents_count(&cfid->dirents, file);
 			mutex_unlock(&cfid->dirents.de_mutex);
 		}