diff --git a/fs/cifs/connect.c b/fs/cifs/connect.c
index f1729890aca5..37452b2e24b8 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/connect.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/connect.c
@@ -3331,6 +3331,33 @@ static int next_dfs_prepath(struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb, struct smb3_fs_context
 	return rc;
 }
 
+/* Check if resolved targets can handle any DFS referrals */
+static int is_referral_server(const char *ref_path, struct cifs_tcon *tcon, bool *ref_server)
+{
+	int rc;
+	struct dfs_info3_param ref = {0};
+
+	if (is_tcon_dfs(tcon)) {
+		*ref_server = true;
+	} else {
+		cifs_dbg(FYI, "%s: ref_path=%s\n", __func__, ref_path);
+
+		rc = dfs_cache_noreq_find(ref_path, &ref, NULL);
+		if (rc) {
+			cifs_dbg(VFS, "%s: dfs_cache_noreq_find: failed (rc=%d)\n", __func__, rc);
+			return rc;
+		}
+		cifs_dbg(FYI, "%s: ref.flags=0x%x\n", __func__, ref.flags);
+		/*
+		 * Check if all targets are capable of handling DFS referrals as per
+		 * MS-DFSC 2.2.4 RESP_GET_DFS_REFERRAL.
+		 */
+		*ref_server = !!(ref.flags & DFSREF_REFERRAL_SERVER);
+		free_dfs_info_param(&ref);
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
 int cifs_mount(struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb, struct smb3_fs_context *ctx)
 {
 	int rc = 0;
@@ -3342,6 +3369,7 @@ int cifs_mount(struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb, struct smb3_fs_context *ctx)
 	char *ref_path = NULL, *full_path = NULL;
 	char *oldmnt = NULL;
 	char *mntdata = NULL;
+	bool ref_server = false;
 
 	rc = mount_get_conns(ctx, cifs_sb, &xid, &server, &ses, &tcon);
 	/*
@@ -3407,11 +3435,16 @@ int cifs_mount(struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb, struct smb3_fs_context *ctx)
 			break;
 		if (!tcon)
 			continue;
+
 		/* Make sure that requests go through new root servers */
-		if (is_tcon_dfs(tcon)) {
+		rc = is_referral_server(ref_path + 1, tcon, &ref_server);
+		if (rc)
+			break;
+		if (ref_server) {
 			put_root_ses(root_ses);
 			set_root_ses(cifs_sb, ses, &root_ses);
 		}
+
 		/* Get next dfs path and then continue chasing them if -EREMOTE */
 		rc = next_dfs_prepath(cifs_sb, ctx, xid, server, tcon, &ref_path);
 		/* Prevent recursion on broken link referrals */
diff --git a/fs/cifs/dfs_cache.c b/fs/cifs/dfs_cache.c
index 4950ab0486ae..098b4bc8da59 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/dfs_cache.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/dfs_cache.c
@@ -37,11 +37,12 @@ struct cache_dfs_tgt {
 struct cache_entry {
 	struct hlist_node hlist;
 	const char *path;
-	int ttl;
-	int srvtype;
-	int flags;
+	int hdr_flags; /* RESP_GET_DFS_REFERRAL.ReferralHeaderFlags */
+	int ttl; /* DFS_REREFERRAL_V3.TimeToLive */
+	int srvtype; /* DFS_REREFERRAL_V3.ServerType */
+	int ref_flags; /* DFS_REREFERRAL_V3.ReferralEntryFlags */
 	struct timespec64 etime;
-	int path_consumed;
+	int path_consumed; /* RESP_GET_DFS_REFERRAL.PathConsumed */
 	int numtgts;
 	struct list_head tlist;
 	struct cache_dfs_tgt *tgthint;
@@ -166,14 +167,11 @@ static int dfscache_proc_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
 				continue;
 
 			seq_printf(m,
-				   "cache entry: path=%s,type=%s,ttl=%d,etime=%ld,"
-				   "interlink=%s,path_consumed=%d,expired=%s\n",
-				   ce->path,
-				   ce->srvtype == DFS_TYPE_ROOT ? "root" : "link",
-				   ce->ttl, ce->etime.tv_nsec,
-				   IS_INTERLINK_SET(ce->flags) ? "yes" : "no",
-				   ce->path_consumed,
-				   cache_entry_expired(ce) ? "yes" : "no");
+				   "cache entry: path=%s,type=%s,ttl=%d,etime=%ld,hdr_flags=0x%x,ref_flags=0x%x,interlink=%s,path_consumed=%d,expired=%s\n",
+				   ce->path, ce->srvtype == DFS_TYPE_ROOT ? "root" : "link",
+				   ce->ttl, ce->etime.tv_nsec, ce->ref_flags, ce->hdr_flags,
+				   IS_INTERLINK_SET(ce->hdr_flags) ? "yes" : "no",
+				   ce->path_consumed, cache_entry_expired(ce) ? "yes" : "no");
 
 			list_for_each_entry(t, &ce->tlist, list) {
 				seq_printf(m, "  %s%s\n",
@@ -236,11 +234,12 @@ static inline void dump_tgts(const struct cache_entry *ce)
 
 static inline void dump_ce(const struct cache_entry *ce)
 {
-	cifs_dbg(FYI, "cache entry: path=%s,type=%s,ttl=%d,etime=%ld,interlink=%s,path_consumed=%d,expired=%s\n",
+	cifs_dbg(FYI, "cache entry: path=%s,type=%s,ttl=%d,etime=%ld,hdr_flags=0x%x,ref_flags=0x%x,interlink=%s,path_consumed=%d,expired=%s\n",
 		 ce->path,
 		 ce->srvtype == DFS_TYPE_ROOT ? "root" : "link", ce->ttl,
 		 ce->etime.tv_nsec,
-		 IS_INTERLINK_SET(ce->flags) ? "yes" : "no",
+		 ce->hdr_flags, ce->ref_flags,
+		 IS_INTERLINK_SET(ce->hdr_flags) ? "yes" : "no",
 		 ce->path_consumed,
 		 cache_entry_expired(ce) ? "yes" : "no");
 	dump_tgts(ce);
@@ -381,7 +380,8 @@ static int copy_ref_data(const struct dfs_info3_param *refs, int numrefs,
 	ce->ttl = refs[0].ttl;
 	ce->etime = get_expire_time(ce->ttl);
 	ce->srvtype = refs[0].server_type;
-	ce->flags = refs[0].ref_flag;
+	ce->hdr_flags = refs[0].flags;
+	ce->ref_flags = refs[0].ref_flag;
 	ce->path_consumed = refs[0].path_consumed;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < numrefs; i++) {
@@ -799,7 +799,8 @@ static int setup_referral(const char *path, struct cache_entry *ce,
 	ref->path_consumed = ce->path_consumed;
 	ref->ttl = ce->ttl;
 	ref->server_type = ce->srvtype;
-	ref->ref_flag = ce->flags;
+	ref->ref_flag = ce->ref_flags;
+	ref->flags = ce->hdr_flags;
 
 	return 0;
 
