diff --git a/fs/cifs/connect.c b/fs/cifs/connect.c
index 05f1dcf7d79ae023e2b1aae9b2c358784025c1ef..277262a8e82f282d4a32b0ddd4a244bc55e99472 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/connect.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/connect.c
@@ -2673,6 +2673,11 @@ is_path_accessible(int xid, struct cifsTconInfo *tcon,
 			      0 /* not legacy */, cifs_sb->local_nls,
 			      cifs_sb->mnt_cifs_flags &
 				CIFS_MOUNT_MAP_SPECIAL_CHR);
+
+	if (rc == -EOPNOTSUPP || rc == -EINVAL)
+		rc = SMBQueryInformation(xid, tcon, full_path, pfile_info,
+				cifs_sb->local_nls, cifs_sb->mnt_cifs_flags &
+				  CIFS_MOUNT_MAP_SPECIAL_CHR);
 	kfree(pfile_info);
 	return rc;
 }