diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
index 370188b2a55d..bc957e6ca48b 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
@@ -1033,7 +1033,7 @@ struct file_system_type cifs_fs_type = {
 };
 MODULE_ALIAS_FS("cifs");
 
-static struct file_system_type smb3_fs_type = {
+struct file_system_type smb3_fs_type = {
 	.owner = THIS_MODULE,
 	.name = "smb3",
 	.mount = smb3_do_mount,
diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.h b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.h
index 905d03863721..e996f0bef414 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.h
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.h
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ static inline unsigned long cifs_get_time(struct dentry *dentry)
 	return (unsigned long) dentry->d_fsdata;
 }
 
-extern struct file_system_type cifs_fs_type;
+extern struct file_system_type cifs_fs_type, smb3_fs_type;
 extern const struct address_space_operations cifs_addr_ops;
 extern const struct address_space_operations cifs_addr_ops_smallbuf;
 
diff --git a/fs/cifs/misc.c b/fs/cifs/misc.c
index 1c14cf01dbef..9d740916a8ee 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/misc.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/misc.c
@@ -1053,18 +1053,23 @@ static struct super_block *__cifs_get_super(void (*f)(struct super_block *, void
 		.data = data,
 		.sb = NULL,
 	};
+	struct file_system_type **fs_type = (struct file_system_type *[]) {
+		&cifs_fs_type, &smb3_fs_type, NULL,
+	};
 
-	iterate_supers_type(&cifs_fs_type, f, &sd);
-
-	if (!sd.sb)
-		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
-	/*
-	 * Grab an active reference in order to prevent automounts (DFS links)
-	 * of expiring and then freeing up our cifs superblock pointer while
-	 * we're doing failover.
-	 */
-	cifs_sb_active(sd.sb);
-	return sd.sb;
+	for (; *fs_type; fs_type++) {
+		iterate_supers_type(*fs_type, f, &sd);
+		if (sd.sb) {
+			/*
+			 * Grab an active reference in order to prevent automounts (DFS links)
+			 * of expiring and then freeing up our cifs superblock pointer while
+			 * we're doing failover.
+			 */
+			cifs_sb_active(sd.sb);
+			return sd.sb;
+		}
+	}
+	return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
 }
 
 static void __cifs_put_super(struct super_block *sb)