diff --git a/fs/cifs/connect.c b/fs/cifs/connect.c
index 632249ce61eb..6285085195c1 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/connect.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/connect.c
@@ -3882,7 +3882,6 @@ int cifs_setup_cifs_sb(struct smb_vol *pvolume_info,
 		cifs_sb->prepath = kstrdup(pvolume_info->prepath, GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (cifs_sb->prepath == NULL)
 			return -ENOMEM;
-		cifs_sb->mnt_cifs_flags |= CIFS_MOUNT_USE_PREFIX_PATH;
 	}
 
 	return 0;