diff --git a/fs/cifs/connect.c b/fs/cifs/connect.c
index ab9eeb5ff8e5..67c2e6487479 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/connect.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/connect.c
@@ -4198,6 +4198,7 @@ int cifs_setup_cifs_sb(struct smb_vol *pvolume_info,
 		cifs_sb->prepath = kstrdup(pvolume_info->prepath, GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (cifs_sb->prepath == NULL)
 			return -ENOMEM;
+		cifs_sb->mnt_cifs_flags |= CIFS_MOUNT_USE_PREFIX_PATH;
 	}
 
 	return 0;