diff --git a/cifs-utils.spec b/cifs-utils.spec
index 376b33e..fedb5f2 100644
--- a/cifs-utils.spec
+++ b/cifs-utils.spec
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 Name:           cifs-utils
 Version:        4.8.1
-Release:        1%{pre_release}%{?dist}
+Release:        2%{pre_release}%{?dist}
 Summary:        Utilities for mounting and managing CIFS mounts
 
 Group:          System Environment/Daemons
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ Source0:        ftp://ftp.samba.org/pub/linux-cifs/cifs-utils/%{name}-%{version}
 BuildRequires:  libcap-ng-devel libtalloc-devel krb5-devel keyutils-libs-devel autoconf automake
 Requires:       keyutils
 
+Patch0:		mount.cifs-don-t-try-to-alter-mtab-if-it-s-a-symlink.patch
+
 %description
 The SMB/CIFS protocol is a standard file sharing protocol widely deployed
 on Microsoft Windows machines. This package contains tools for mounting
@@ -26,6 +28,7 @@ file system.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q -n %{name}-%{version}%{pre_release}
+%patch0 -p1
 
 %build
 %configure --prefix=/usr
@@ -47,6 +50,9 @@ rm -rf %{buildroot}
 %{_mandir}/man8/mount.cifs.8.gz
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Feb 01 2011 Jeff Layton <jlayton@redhat.com> 4.8.1-2
+- mount.cifs: don't update mtab if it's a symlink (bz# 674101)
+
 * Fri Jan 21 2011 Jeff Layton <jlayton@redhat.com> 4.8.1-1
 - update to 4.8.1
 
diff --git a/mount.cifs-don-t-try-to-alter-mtab-if-it-s-a-symlink.patch b/mount.cifs-don-t-try-to-alter-mtab-if-it-s-a-symlink.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9732c4b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mount.cifs-don-t-try-to-alter-mtab-if-it-s-a-symlink.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+From fba28cfe2f13dd8bdae3cec76178f42b001a40ca Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Jeff Layton <jlayton@samba.org>
+Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2011 15:04:35 -0500
+Subject: [PATCH] mount.cifs: don't try to alter mtab if it's a symlink
+
+Some distros replace /etc/mtab with a symlink to /proc/mounts. In that
+situation, mount.cifs will hang for a while trying to lock the mtab.
+/bin/mount checks to see if the mtab is a symlink. If it is or if a
+stat() call on it fails, it doesn't try to to update the mtab. Have
+mount.cifs do the same.
+
+Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@samba.org>
+---
+ mount.cifs.c |    2 +-
+ mount.h      |    1 +
+ mtab.c       |   16 ++++++++++++++++
+ 3 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/mount.cifs.c b/mount.cifs.c
+index f537a07..5f29761 100644
+--- a/mount.cifs.c
++++ b/mount.cifs.c
+@@ -1934,7 +1934,7 @@ mount_retry:
+ 		goto mount_exit;
+ 	}
+ 
+-	if (!parsed_info->nomtab)
++	if (!parsed_info->nomtab && !mtab_unusable())
+ 		rc = add_mtab(orig_dev, mountpoint, parsed_info->flags, fstype);
+ 
+ mount_exit:
+diff --git a/mount.h b/mount.h
+index 23ea4f0..d49c2ea 100644
+--- a/mount.h
++++ b/mount.h
+@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
+ #define _PATH_MOUNTED_LOCK	_PATH_MOUNTED "~"
+ #define _PATH_MOUNTED_TMP	_PATH_MOUNTED ".tmp"
+ 
++extern int mtab_unusable(void);
+ extern int lock_mtab(void);
+ extern void unlock_mtab(void);
+ 
+diff --git a/mtab.c b/mtab.c
+index 64e7250..9cd50d8 100644
+--- a/mtab.c
++++ b/mtab.c
+@@ -77,6 +77,22 @@ mono_time(void) {
+ 	return ret;
+ }
+ 
++/*
++ * See if mtab is present and whether it's a symlink. Returns errno from stat()
++ * call or EMLINK if it's a symlink.
++ */
++int
++mtab_unusable(void)
++{
++	struct stat mstat;
++
++	if(lstat(_PATH_MOUNTED, &mstat))
++		return errno;
++	else if (S_ISLNK(mstat.st_mode))
++		return EMLINK;
++	return 0;
++}
++
+ /* Remove lock file.  */
+ void
+ unlock_mtab (void) {
+-- 
+1.7.3.4
+