diff --git a/fs/smb/client/smb2ops.c b/fs/smb/client/smb2ops.c
index 23cf6e92fd54..9ade34797870 100644
--- a/fs/smb/client/smb2ops.c
+++ b/fs/smb/client/smb2ops.c
@@ -5212,7 +5212,7 @@ static int smb2_create_reparse_symlink(const unsigned int xid,
 	struct inode *new;
 	struct kvec iov;
 	__le16 *path;
-	char *sym;
+	char *sym, sep = CIFS_DIR_SEP(cifs_sb);
 	u16 len, plen;
 	int rc = 0;
 
@@ -5226,7 +5226,8 @@ static int smb2_create_reparse_symlink(const unsigned int xid,
 		.symlink_target = sym,
 	};
 
-	path = cifs_convert_path_to_utf16(symname, cifs_sb);
+	convert_delimiter(sym, sep);
+	path = cifs_convert_path_to_utf16(sym, cifs_sb);
 	if (!path) {
 		rc = -ENOMEM;
 		goto out;
@@ -5249,7 +5250,10 @@ static int smb2_create_reparse_symlink(const unsigned int xid,
 	buf->PrintNameLength = cpu_to_le16(plen);
 	memcpy(buf->PathBuffer, path, plen);
 	buf->Flags = cpu_to_le32(*symname != '/' ? SYMLINK_FLAG_RELATIVE : 0);
+	if (*sym != sep)
+		buf->Flags = cpu_to_le32(SYMLINK_FLAG_RELATIVE);
 
+	convert_delimiter(sym, '/');
 	iov.iov_base = buf;
 	iov.iov_len = len;
 	new = smb2_get_reparse_inode(&data, inode->i_sb, xid,