diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifs_dfs_ref.c b/fs/cifs/cifs_dfs_ref.c
index 606f26d862dc..cc3ada12848d 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifs_dfs_ref.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifs_dfs_ref.c
@@ -324,6 +324,8 @@ static struct vfsmount *cifs_dfs_do_automount(struct dentry *mntpt)
 	if (full_path == NULL)
 		goto cdda_exit;
 
+	convert_delimiter(full_path, '\\');
+
 	cifs_dbg(FYI, "%s: full_path: %s\n", __func__, full_path);
 
 	if (!cifs_sb_master_tlink(cifs_sb)) {