diff --git a/fs/smb/client/inode.c b/fs/smb/client/inode.c
index 2fc3690d8e93ed..d6aa5e474d5e79 100644
--- a/fs/smb/client/inode.c
+++ b/fs/smb/client/inode.c
@@ -823,6 +823,8 @@ static void cifs_open_info_to_fattr(struct cifs_fattr *fattr,
 
 out_reparse:
 	if (S_ISLNK(fattr->cf_mode)) {
+		if (likely(data->symlink_target))
+			fattr->cf_eof = strnlen(data->symlink_target, PATH_MAX);
 		fattr->cf_symlink_target = data->symlink_target;
 		data->symlink_target = NULL;
 	}