diff --git a/fs/smb/server/vfs_cache.c b/fs/smb/server/vfs_cache.c
index 11b51320b96e..7495166b0262 100644
--- a/fs/smb/server/vfs_cache.c
+++ b/fs/smb/server/vfs_cache.c
@@ -992,7 +992,8 @@ static int __open_id(struct ksmbd_file_table *ft, struct ksmbd_file *fp,
 
 	idr_preload(KSMBD_DEFAULT_GFP);
 	write_lock(&ft->lock);
-	ret = idr_alloc_cyclic(ft->idr, fp, 0, INT_MAX - 1, GFP_NOWAIT);
+	ret = idr_alloc_cyclic(ft->idr, fp, KSMBD_START_FID, INT_MAX - 1,
+			       GFP_NOWAIT);
 	if (ret >= 0) {
 		id = ret;
 		ret = 0;
diff --git a/fs/smb/server/vfs_cache.h b/fs/smb/server/vfs_cache.h
index f85021c11d6e..287f3e675cd3 100644
--- a/fs/smb/server/vfs_cache.h
+++ b/fs/smb/server/vfs_cache.h
@@ -23,7 +23,12 @@
 #define	FILE_GENERIC_WRITE	0x120116
 #define	FILE_GENERIC_EXECUTE	0X1200a0
 
-#define KSMBD_START_FID		0
+/*
+ * Start volatile/persistent file id allocation at 1. A file id of 0 yields an
+ * SMB2 FileId of {0, 0}, which clients (e.g. Windows, Samba) treat as a null
+ * handle and never close, leaking the open on the server.
+ */
+#define KSMBD_START_FID		1
 #define KSMBD_NO_FID		(INT_MAX)
 #define SMB2_NO_FID		(0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFULL)