diff --git a/fs/cifs/readdir.c b/fs/cifs/readdir.c
index 798c80a41c886b3fba7e66f8264066902d35b8cb..b334a89d6a66eb2151973d6405083db3c254710b 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/readdir.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/readdir.c
@@ -596,8 +596,8 @@ find_cifs_entry(const unsigned int xid, struct cifs_tcon *tcon, loff_t pos,
 		if (server->ops->dir_needs_close(cfile)) {
 			cfile->invalidHandle = true;
 			spin_unlock(&cifs_file_list_lock);
-			if (server->ops->close)
-				server->ops->close(xid, tcon, &cfile->fid);
+			if (server->ops->close_dir)
+				server->ops->close_dir(xid, tcon, &cfile->fid);
 		} else
 			spin_unlock(&cifs_file_list_lock);
 		if (cfile->srch_inf.ntwrk_buf_start) {