diff --git a/fs/cifs/connect.c b/fs/cifs/connect.c
index 721b2560caa7..947c4aad5d6a 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/connect.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/connect.c
@@ -614,26 +614,26 @@ cifs_reconnect(struct TCP_Server_Info *server)
 		try_to_freeze();
 
 		mutex_lock(&server->srv_mutex);
+#ifdef CONFIG_CIFS_DFS_UPCALL
 		/*
 		 * Set up next DFS target server (if any) for reconnect. If DFS
 		 * feature is disabled, then we will retry last server we
 		 * connected to before.
 		 */
+		reconn_inval_dfs_target(server, cifs_sb, &tgt_list, &tgt_it);
+#endif
+		rc = reconn_set_ipaddr(server);
+		if (rc) {
+			cifs_dbg(FYI, "%s: failed to resolve hostname: %d\n",
+				 __func__, rc);
+		}
+
 		if (cifs_rdma_enabled(server))
 			rc = smbd_reconnect(server);
 		else
 			rc = generic_ip_connect(server);
 		if (rc) {
 			cifs_dbg(FYI, "reconnect error %d\n", rc);
-#ifdef CONFIG_CIFS_DFS_UPCALL
-			reconn_inval_dfs_target(server, cifs_sb, &tgt_list,
-						&tgt_it);
-#endif
-			rc = reconn_set_ipaddr(server);
-			if (rc) {
-				cifs_dbg(FYI, "%s: failed to resolve hostname: %d\n",
-					 __func__, rc);
-			}
 			mutex_unlock(&server->srv_mutex);
 			msleep(3000);
 		} else {