diff --git a/fs/cifs/smb2ops.c b/fs/cifs/smb2ops.c
index 6dfb865ee9d7..96ca09d885a2 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/smb2ops.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/smb2ops.c
@@ -530,6 +530,14 @@ parse_server_interfaces(struct network_interface_info_ioctl_rsp *buf,
 	p = buf;
 
 	spin_lock(&ses->iface_lock);
+	/* do not query too frequently, this time with lock held */
+	if (ses->iface_last_update &&
+	    time_before(jiffies, ses->iface_last_update +
+			(SMB_INTERFACE_POLL_INTERVAL * HZ))) {
+		spin_unlock(&ses->iface_lock);
+		return 0;
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * Go through iface_list and do kref_put to remove
 	 * any unused ifaces. ifaces in use will be removed
@@ -696,6 +704,12 @@ SMB3_request_interfaces(const unsigned int xid, struct cifs_tcon *tcon, bool in_
 	struct network_interface_info_ioctl_rsp *out_buf = NULL;
 	struct cifs_ses *ses = tcon->ses;
 
+	/* do not query too frequently */
+	if (ses->iface_last_update &&
+	    time_before(jiffies, ses->iface_last_update +
+			(SMB_INTERFACE_POLL_INTERVAL * HZ)))
+		return 0;
+
 	rc = SMB2_ioctl(xid, tcon, NO_FILE_ID, NO_FILE_ID,
 			FSCTL_QUERY_NETWORK_INTERFACE_INFO,
 			NULL /* no data input */, 0 /* no data input */,