diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h b/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h
index 5b976e01dd6b..fd0262ce5ad5 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h
@@ -777,6 +777,7 @@ struct TCP_Server_Info {
 	 */
 	int nr_targets;
 	bool noblockcnt; /* use non-blocking connect() */
+	bool is_channel; /* if a session channel */
 };
 
 struct cifs_credits {
diff --git a/fs/cifs/connect.c b/fs/cifs/connect.c
index 86d1baedf21c..05ea0e2b7e0e 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/connect.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/connect.c
@@ -2712,7 +2712,11 @@ cifs_find_tcp_session(struct smb_vol *vol)
 
 	spin_lock(&cifs_tcp_ses_lock);
 	list_for_each_entry(server, &cifs_tcp_ses_list, tcp_ses_list) {
-		if (!match_server(server, vol))
+		/*
+		 * Skip ses channels since they're only handled in lower layers
+		 * (e.g. cifs_send_recv).
+		 */
+		if (server->is_channel || !match_server(server, vol))
 			continue;
 
 		++server->srv_count;
diff --git a/fs/cifs/sess.c b/fs/cifs/sess.c
index fb3bdc44775c..d95137304224 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/sess.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/sess.c
@@ -213,6 +213,9 @@ cifs_ses_add_channel(struct cifs_ses *ses, struct cifs_server_iface *iface)
 		chan->server = NULL;
 		goto out;
 	}
+	spin_lock(&cifs_tcp_ses_lock);
+	chan->server->is_channel = true;
+	spin_unlock(&cifs_tcp_ses_lock);
 
 	/*
 	 * We need to allocate the server crypto now as we will need