diff --git a/fs/cifs/inode.c b/fs/cifs/inode.c
index e7ae45c..0079696 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/inode.c
@@ -995,6 +995,15 @@
 		return PTR_ERR(tlink);
 	tcon = tlink_tcon(tlink);
 
+	/*
+	 * We cannot rename the file if the server doesn't support
+	 * CAP_INFOLEVEL_PASSTHRU
+	 */
+	if (!(tcon->ses->capabilities & CAP_INFOLEVEL_PASSTHRU)) {
+		rc = -EBUSY;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
 	rc = CIFSSMBOpen(xid, tcon, full_path, FILE_OPEN,
 			 DELETE|FILE_WRITE_ATTRIBUTES, CREATE_NOT_DIR,
 			 &netfid, &oplock, NULL, cifs_sb->local_nls,