diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h b/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h
index f9cbdfc1591b..b16c994414ab 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h
@@ -268,8 +268,9 @@ struct smb_version_operations {
 	int (*check_message)(char *, unsigned int, struct TCP_Server_Info *);
 	bool (*is_oplock_break)(char *, struct TCP_Server_Info *);
 	int (*handle_cancelled_mid)(char *, struct TCP_Server_Info *);
-	void (*downgrade_oplock)(struct TCP_Server_Info *,
-					struct cifsInodeInfo *, bool);
+	void (*downgrade_oplock)(struct TCP_Server_Info *server,
+				 struct cifsInodeInfo *cinode, __u32 oplock,
+				 unsigned int epoch, bool *purge_cache);
 	/* process transaction2 response */
 	bool (*check_trans2)(struct mid_q_entry *, struct TCP_Server_Info *,
 			     char *, int);
@@ -1261,6 +1262,8 @@ struct cifsFileInfo {
 	unsigned int f_flags;
 	bool invalidHandle:1;	/* file closed via session abend */
 	bool oplock_break_cancelled:1;
+	unsigned int oplock_epoch; /* epoch from the lease break */
+	__u32 oplock_level; /* oplock/lease level from the lease break */
 	int count;
 	spinlock_t file_info_lock; /* protects four flag/count fields above */
 	struct mutex fh_mutex; /* prevents reopen race after dead ses*/
@@ -1408,7 +1411,7 @@ struct cifsInodeInfo {
 	unsigned int epoch;		/* used to track lease state changes */
 #define CIFS_INODE_PENDING_OPLOCK_BREAK   (0) /* oplock break in progress */
 #define CIFS_INODE_PENDING_WRITERS	  (1) /* Writes in progress */
-#define CIFS_INODE_DOWNGRADE_OPLOCK_TO_L2 (2) /* Downgrade oplock to L2 */
+#define CIFS_INODE_FLAG_UNUSED		  (2) /* Unused flag */
 #define CIFS_INO_DELETE_PENDING		  (3) /* delete pending on server */
 #define CIFS_INO_INVALID_MAPPING	  (4) /* pagecache is invalid */
 #define CIFS_INO_LOCK			  (5) /* lock bit for synchronization */
diff --git a/fs/cifs/file.c b/fs/cifs/file.c
index 4959dbe740f7..14ae341755d4 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/file.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/file.c
@@ -4675,12 +4675,13 @@ void cifs_oplock_break(struct work_struct *work)
 	struct cifs_tcon *tcon = tlink_tcon(cfile->tlink);
 	struct TCP_Server_Info *server = tcon->ses->server;
 	int rc = 0;
+	bool purge_cache = false;
 
 	wait_on_bit(&cinode->flags, CIFS_INODE_PENDING_WRITERS,
 			TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
 
-	server->ops->downgrade_oplock(server, cinode,
-		test_bit(CIFS_INODE_DOWNGRADE_OPLOCK_TO_L2, &cinode->flags));
+	server->ops->downgrade_oplock(server, cinode, cfile->oplock_level,
+				      cfile->oplock_epoch, &purge_cache);
 
 	if (!CIFS_CACHE_WRITE(cinode) && CIFS_CACHE_READ(cinode) &&
 						cifs_has_mand_locks(cinode)) {
@@ -4695,18 +4696,21 @@ void cifs_oplock_break(struct work_struct *work)
 		else
 			break_lease(inode, O_WRONLY);
 		rc = filemap_fdatawrite(inode->i_mapping);
-		if (!CIFS_CACHE_READ(cinode)) {
+		if (!CIFS_CACHE_READ(cinode) || purge_cache) {
 			rc = filemap_fdatawait(inode->i_mapping);
 			mapping_set_error(inode->i_mapping, rc);
 			cifs_zap_mapping(inode);
 		}
 		cifs_dbg(FYI, "Oplock flush inode %p rc %d\n", inode, rc);
+		if (CIFS_CACHE_WRITE(cinode))
+			goto oplock_break_ack;
 	}
 
 	rc = cifs_push_locks(cfile);
 	if (rc)
 		cifs_dbg(VFS, "Push locks rc = %d\n", rc);
 
+oplock_break_ack:
 	/*
 	 * releasing stale oplock after recent reconnect of smb session using
 	 * a now incorrect file handle is not a data integrity issue but do
diff --git a/fs/cifs/misc.c b/fs/cifs/misc.c
index 5ad83bdb9bea..40ca394fd5de 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/misc.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/misc.c
@@ -488,21 +488,10 @@ is_valid_oplock_break(char *buffer, struct TCP_Server_Info *srv)
 				set_bit(CIFS_INODE_PENDING_OPLOCK_BREAK,
 					&pCifsInode->flags);
 
-				/*
-				 * Set flag if the server downgrades the oplock
-				 * to L2 else clear.
-				 */
-				if (pSMB->OplockLevel)
-					set_bit(
-					   CIFS_INODE_DOWNGRADE_OPLOCK_TO_L2,
-					   &pCifsInode->flags);
-				else
-					clear_bit(
-					   CIFS_INODE_DOWNGRADE_OPLOCK_TO_L2,
-					   &pCifsInode->flags);
-
-				cifs_queue_oplock_break(netfile);
+				netfile->oplock_epoch = 0;
+				netfile->oplock_level = pSMB->OplockLevel;
 				netfile->oplock_break_cancelled = false;
+				cifs_queue_oplock_break(netfile);
 
 				spin_unlock(&tcon->open_file_lock);
 				spin_unlock(&cifs_tcp_ses_lock);
diff --git a/fs/cifs/smb1ops.c b/fs/cifs/smb1ops.c
index 195766221a7a..e523c05a4487 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/smb1ops.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/smb1ops.c
@@ -369,12 +369,10 @@ coalesce_t2(char *second_buf, struct smb_hdr *target_hdr)
 
 static void
 cifs_downgrade_oplock(struct TCP_Server_Info *server,
-			struct cifsInodeInfo *cinode, bool set_level2)
+		      struct cifsInodeInfo *cinode, __u32 oplock,
+		      unsigned int epoch, bool *purge_cache)
 {
-	if (set_level2)
-		cifs_set_oplock_level(cinode, OPLOCK_READ);
-	else
-		cifs_set_oplock_level(cinode, 0);
+	cifs_set_oplock_level(cinode, oplock);
 }
 
 static bool
diff --git a/fs/cifs/smb2misc.c b/fs/cifs/smb2misc.c
index 2fc96f7923ee..7d875a47d022 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/smb2misc.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/smb2misc.c
@@ -550,7 +550,7 @@ smb2_tcon_has_lease(struct cifs_tcon *tcon, struct smb2_lease_break *rsp)
 
 		cifs_dbg(FYI, "found in the open list\n");
 		cifs_dbg(FYI, "lease key match, lease break 0x%x\n",
-			 le32_to_cpu(rsp->NewLeaseState));
+			 lease_state);
 
 		if (ack_req)
 			cfile->oplock_break_cancelled = false;
@@ -559,17 +559,8 @@ smb2_tcon_has_lease(struct cifs_tcon *tcon, struct smb2_lease_break *rsp)
 
 		set_bit(CIFS_INODE_PENDING_OPLOCK_BREAK, &cinode->flags);
 
-		/*
-		 * Set or clear flags depending on the lease state being READ.
-		 * HANDLE caching flag should be added when the client starts
-		 * to defer closing remote file handles with HANDLE leases.
-		 */
-		if (lease_state & SMB2_LEASE_READ_CACHING_HE)
-			set_bit(CIFS_INODE_DOWNGRADE_OPLOCK_TO_L2,
-				&cinode->flags);
-		else
-			clear_bit(CIFS_INODE_DOWNGRADE_OPLOCK_TO_L2,
-				  &cinode->flags);
+		cfile->oplock_epoch = le16_to_cpu(rsp->Epoch);
+		cfile->oplock_level = lease_state;
 
 		cifs_queue_oplock_break(cfile);
 		return true;
@@ -599,7 +590,7 @@ smb2_tcon_find_pending_open_lease(struct cifs_tcon *tcon,
 
 		cifs_dbg(FYI, "found in the pending open list\n");
 		cifs_dbg(FYI, "lease key match, lease break 0x%x\n",
-			 le32_to_cpu(rsp->NewLeaseState));
+			 lease_state);
 
 		open->oplock = lease_state;
 	}
@@ -732,18 +723,9 @@ smb2_is_valid_oplock_break(char *buffer, struct TCP_Server_Info *server)
 				set_bit(CIFS_INODE_PENDING_OPLOCK_BREAK,
 					&cinode->flags);
 
-				/*
-				 * Set flag if the server downgrades the oplock
-				 * to L2 else clear.
-				 */
-				if (rsp->OplockLevel)
-					set_bit(
-					   CIFS_INODE_DOWNGRADE_OPLOCK_TO_L2,
-					   &cinode->flags);
-				else
-					clear_bit(
-					   CIFS_INODE_DOWNGRADE_OPLOCK_TO_L2,
-					   &cinode->flags);
+				cfile->oplock_epoch = 0;
+				cfile->oplock_level = rsp->OplockLevel;
+
 				spin_unlock(&cfile->file_info_lock);
 
 				cifs_queue_oplock_break(cfile);
diff --git a/fs/cifs/smb2ops.c b/fs/cifs/smb2ops.c
index 318d805e74d4..64ad466695c5 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/smb2ops.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/smb2ops.c
@@ -3332,22 +3332,38 @@ static long smb3_fallocate(struct file *file, struct cifs_tcon *tcon, int mode,
 
 static void
 smb2_downgrade_oplock(struct TCP_Server_Info *server,
-			struct cifsInodeInfo *cinode, bool set_level2)
+		      struct cifsInodeInfo *cinode, __u32 oplock,
+		      unsigned int epoch, bool *purge_cache)
 {
-	if (set_level2)
-		server->ops->set_oplock_level(cinode, SMB2_OPLOCK_LEVEL_II,
-						0, NULL);
-	else
-		server->ops->set_oplock_level(cinode, 0, 0, NULL);
+	server->ops->set_oplock_level(cinode, oplock, 0, NULL);
 }
 
 static void
-smb21_downgrade_oplock(struct TCP_Server_Info *server,
-		       struct cifsInodeInfo *cinode, bool set_level2)
+smb21_set_oplock_level(struct cifsInodeInfo *cinode, __u32 oplock,
+		       unsigned int epoch, bool *purge_cache);
+
+static void
+smb3_downgrade_oplock(struct TCP_Server_Info *server,
+		       struct cifsInodeInfo *cinode, __u32 oplock,
+		       unsigned int epoch, bool *purge_cache)
 {
-	server->ops->set_oplock_level(cinode,
-				      set_level2 ? SMB2_LEASE_READ_CACHING_HE :
-				      0, 0, NULL);
+	unsigned int old_state = cinode->oplock;
+	unsigned int old_epoch = cinode->epoch;
+	unsigned int new_state;
+
+	if (epoch > old_epoch) {
+		smb21_set_oplock_level(cinode, oplock, 0, NULL);
+		cinode->epoch = epoch;
+	}
+
+	new_state = cinode->oplock;
+	*purge_cache = false;
+
+	if ((old_state & CIFS_CACHE_READ_FLG) != 0 &&
+	    (new_state & CIFS_CACHE_READ_FLG) == 0)
+		*purge_cache = true;
+	else if (old_state == new_state && (epoch - old_epoch > 1))
+		*purge_cache = true;
 }
 
 static void
@@ -4607,7 +4623,7 @@ struct smb_version_operations smb21_operations = {
 	.print_stats = smb2_print_stats,
 	.is_oplock_break = smb2_is_valid_oplock_break,
 	.handle_cancelled_mid = smb2_handle_cancelled_mid,
-	.downgrade_oplock = smb21_downgrade_oplock,
+	.downgrade_oplock = smb2_downgrade_oplock,
 	.need_neg = smb2_need_neg,
 	.negotiate = smb2_negotiate,
 	.negotiate_wsize = smb2_negotiate_wsize,
@@ -4707,7 +4723,7 @@ struct smb_version_operations smb30_operations = {
 	.dump_share_caps = smb2_dump_share_caps,
 	.is_oplock_break = smb2_is_valid_oplock_break,
 	.handle_cancelled_mid = smb2_handle_cancelled_mid,
-	.downgrade_oplock = smb21_downgrade_oplock,
+	.downgrade_oplock = smb3_downgrade_oplock,
 	.need_neg = smb2_need_neg,
 	.negotiate = smb2_negotiate,
 	.negotiate_wsize = smb3_negotiate_wsize,
@@ -4815,7 +4831,7 @@ struct smb_version_operations smb311_operations = {
 	.dump_share_caps = smb2_dump_share_caps,
 	.is_oplock_break = smb2_is_valid_oplock_break,
 	.handle_cancelled_mid = smb2_handle_cancelled_mid,
-	.downgrade_oplock = smb21_downgrade_oplock,
+	.downgrade_oplock = smb3_downgrade_oplock,
 	.need_neg = smb2_need_neg,
 	.negotiate = smb2_negotiate,
 	.negotiate_wsize = smb3_negotiate_wsize,
diff --git a/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.h b/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.h
index 0abfde6d0b05..f264e1d36fe1 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.h
+++ b/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.h
@@ -1386,7 +1386,7 @@ struct smb2_oplock_break {
 struct smb2_lease_break {
 	struct smb2_sync_hdr sync_hdr;
 	__le16 StructureSize; /* Must be 44 */
-	__le16 Reserved;
+	__le16 Epoch;
 	__le32 Flags;
 	__u8   LeaseKey[16];
 	__le32 CurrentLeaseState;