diff --git a/fs/cifs/smb2ops.c b/fs/cifs/smb2ops.c
index 094be406cde4..f0d966da7f37 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/smb2ops.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/smb2ops.c
@@ -2398,6 +2398,11 @@ smb21_set_oplock_level(struct cifsInodeInfo *cinode, __u32 oplock,
 	if (oplock == SMB2_OPLOCK_LEVEL_NOCHANGE)
 		return;
 
+	/* Check if the server granted an oplock rather than a lease */
+	if (oplock & SMB2_OPLOCK_LEVEL_EXCLUSIVE)
+		return smb2_set_oplock_level(cinode, oplock, epoch,
+					     purge_cache);
+
 	if (oplock & SMB2_LEASE_READ_CACHING_HE) {
 		new_oplock |= CIFS_CACHE_READ_FLG;
 		strcat(message, "R");