diff --git a/fs/smb/client/smb2inode.c b/fs/smb/client/smb2inode.c
index 2a3e46b8e15a..a11a2a693c51 100644
--- a/fs/smb/client/smb2inode.c
+++ b/fs/smb/client/smb2inode.c
@@ -1346,7 +1346,8 @@ struct inode *smb2_get_reparse_inode(struct cifs_open_info_data *data,
 	 * empty object on the server.
 	 */
 	if (!(le32_to_cpu(tcon->fsAttrInfo.Attributes) & FILE_SUPPORTS_REPARSE_POINTS))
-		return ERR_PTR(-EOPNOTSUPP);
+		if (!tcon->posix_extensions)
+			return ERR_PTR(-EOPNOTSUPP);
 
 	oparms = CIFS_OPARMS(cifs_sb, tcon, full_path,
 			     SYNCHRONIZE | DELETE |
diff --git a/fs/smb/client/smb2ops.c b/fs/smb/client/smb2ops.c
index cb659256d219..938a8a7c5d21 100644
--- a/fs/smb/client/smb2ops.c
+++ b/fs/smb/client/smb2ops.c
@@ -5260,7 +5260,8 @@ static int smb2_make_node(unsigned int xid, struct inode *inode,
 	if (cifs_sb->mnt_cifs_flags & CIFS_MOUNT_UNX_EMUL) {
 		rc = cifs_sfu_make_node(xid, inode, dentry, tcon,
 					full_path, mode, dev);
-	} else if (le32_to_cpu(tcon->fsAttrInfo.Attributes) & FILE_SUPPORTS_REPARSE_POINTS) {
+	} else if ((le32_to_cpu(tcon->fsAttrInfo.Attributes) & FILE_SUPPORTS_REPARSE_POINTS)
+		|| (tcon->posix_extensions)) {
 		rc = smb2_mknod_reparse(xid, inode, dentry, tcon,
 					full_path, mode, dev);
 	}