diff --git a/source3/smbd/filename.c b/source3/smbd/filename.c
index 555658de014..4b40df36ce5 100644
--- a/source3/smbd/filename.c
+++ b/source3/smbd/filename.c
@@ -229,7 +229,8 @@ NTSTATUS unix_convert(TALLOC_CTX *ctx,
 	char *stream = NULL;
 	bool component_was_mangled = False;
 	bool name_has_wildcard = False;
-	bool posix_pathnames = false;
+	bool posix_pathnames = (lp_posix_pathnames() ||
+				(ucf_flags & UCF_POSIX_PATHNAMES));
 	bool allow_wcard_last_component =
 	    (ucf_flags & UCF_ALWAYS_ALLOW_WCARD_LCOMP);
 	bool save_last_component = ucf_flags & UCF_SAVE_LCOMP;
@@ -348,9 +349,6 @@ NTSTATUS unix_convert(TALLOC_CTX *ctx,
 		}
 	}
 
-	posix_pathnames = (lp_posix_pathnames() ||
-				(ucf_flags & UCF_POSIX_PATHNAMES));
-
 	/*
 	 * Strip off the stream, and add it back when we're done with the
 	 * base_name.