diff --git a/source3/libsmb/cli_smb2_fnum.c b/source3/libsmb/cli_smb2_fnum.c
index 1aa50c31107..0681858e73e 100644
--- a/source3/libsmb/cli_smb2_fnum.c
+++ b/source3/libsmb/cli_smb2_fnum.c
@@ -2420,7 +2420,7 @@ NTSTATUS cli_smb2_setpathinfo(struct cli_state *cli,
 
 NTSTATUS cli_smb2_setatr(struct cli_state *cli,
 			const char *name,
-			uint16_t attr,
+			uint32_t attr,
 			time_t mtime)
 {
 	uint8_t inbuf_store[40];
@@ -2456,7 +2456,7 @@ NTSTATUS cli_smb2_setatr(struct cli_state *cli,
 		attr = 0;
 	}
 
-	SSVAL(inbuf.data, 32, attr);
+	SIVAL(inbuf.data, 32, attr);
 	if (mtime != 0) {
 		put_long_date((char *)inbuf.data + 16,mtime);
 	}
diff --git a/source3/libsmb/cli_smb2_fnum.h b/source3/libsmb/cli_smb2_fnum.h
index 7a983f5266c..95687f74e7f 100644
--- a/source3/libsmb/cli_smb2_fnum.h
+++ b/source3/libsmb/cli_smb2_fnum.h
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ NTSTATUS cli_smb2_setpathinfo(struct cli_state *cli,
 			const DATA_BLOB *p_in_data);
 NTSTATUS cli_smb2_setatr(struct cli_state *cli,
 			const char *fname,
-			uint16_t attr,
+			uint32_t attr,
 			time_t mtime);
 NTSTATUS cli_smb2_setattrE(struct cli_state *cli,
                         uint16_t fnum,