diff --git a/fs/cifs/connect.c b/fs/cifs/connect.c
index 76e4d8d8b3a6..4bb9decbbf27 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/connect.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/connect.c
@@ -2756,6 +2756,7 @@ int cifs_setup_cifs_sb(struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb)
 		cifs_sb->prepath = kstrdup(ctx->prepath, GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (cifs_sb->prepath == NULL)
 			return -ENOMEM;
+		cifs_sb->mnt_cifs_flags |= CIFS_MOUNT_USE_PREFIX_PATH;
 	}
 
 	return 0;