@@ -2934,6 +2934,24 @@ try_mount_again:
(tcon->ses->server->maxBuf - MAX_CIFS_HDR_SIZE));
remote_path_check:
+#ifdef CONFIG_CIFS_DFS_UPCALL
+ /*
+ * Perform an unconditional check for whether there are DFS
+ * referrals for this path without prefix, to provide support
+ * for DFS referrals from w2k8 servers which don't seem to respond
+ * with PATH_NOT_COVERED to requests that include the prefix.
+ * Chase the referral if found, otherwise continue normally.
+ */
+ if (referral_walks_count == 0) {
+ int refrc = expand_dfs_referral(xid, pSesInfo, volume_info,
+ cifs_sb, &mount_data, false);
+ if (!refrc) {
+ referral_walks_count++;
+ goto try_mount_again;
+ }
+ }
+#endif
+
/* check if a whole path (including prepath) is not remote */
if (!rc && tcon) {
/* build_path_to_root works only when we have a valid tcon */