diff --git a/fs/cifs/smb2ops.c b/fs/cifs/smb2ops.c
index df9ba3729d1f86..775296e4d3c87f 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/smb2ops.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/smb2ops.c
@@ -745,8 +745,8 @@ int open_cached_dir(unsigned int xid, struct cifs_tcon *tcon,
 		struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb,
 		struct cached_fid **cfid)
 {
-	struct cifs_ses *ses = tcon->ses;
-	struct TCP_Server_Info *server = ses->server;
+	struct cifs_ses *ses;
+	struct TCP_Server_Info *server;
 	struct cifs_open_parms oparms;
 	struct smb2_create_rsp *o_rsp = NULL;
 	struct smb2_query_info_rsp *qi_rsp = NULL;
@@ -764,6 +764,9 @@ int open_cached_dir(unsigned int xid, struct cifs_tcon *tcon,
 	if (tcon->nohandlecache)
 		return -ENOTSUPP;
 
+	ses = tcon->ses;
+	server = ses->server;
+
 	if (cifs_sb->root == NULL)
 		return -ENOENT;