diff --git a/fs/cifs/connect.c b/fs/cifs/connect.c
index f51715d3e2f2edb1bd906ce141aa5ca709475a88..b04706835e0283169b239e8516ec9a9fdfd6cc86 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/connect.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/connect.c
@@ -3547,9 +3547,6 @@ static int is_path_remote(struct mount_ctx *mnt_ctx)
 	struct cifs_tcon *tcon = mnt_ctx->tcon;
 	struct smb3_fs_context *ctx = mnt_ctx->fs_ctx;
 	char *full_path;
-#ifdef CONFIG_CIFS_DFS_UPCALL
-	bool nodfs = cifs_sb->mnt_cifs_flags & CIFS_MOUNT_NO_DFS;
-#endif
 
 	if (!server->ops->is_path_accessible)
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
@@ -3566,19 +3563,6 @@ static int is_path_remote(struct mount_ctx *mnt_ctx)
 
 	rc = server->ops->is_path_accessible(xid, tcon, cifs_sb,
 					     full_path);
-#ifdef CONFIG_CIFS_DFS_UPCALL
-	if (nodfs) {
-		if (rc == -EREMOTE)
-			rc = -EOPNOTSUPP;
-		goto out;
-	}
-
-	/* path *might* exist with non-ASCII characters in DFS root
-	 * try again with full path (only if nodfs is not set) */
-	if (rc == -ENOENT && is_tcon_dfs(tcon))
-		rc = cifs_dfs_query_info_nonascii_quirk(xid, tcon, cifs_sb,
-							full_path);
-#endif
 	if (rc != 0 && rc != -EREMOTE)
 		goto out;
 
diff --git a/fs/cifs/inode.c b/fs/cifs/inode.c
index 286a5400b94e5876fdcaea8ab7cf4e10a9b46abc..f145a59af89bed4c6aa2b77b76d85e67368bbf05 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/inode.c
@@ -993,12 +993,6 @@ int cifs_get_inode_info(struct inode **inode, const char *full_path,
 		}
 		rc = server->ops->query_path_info(xid, tcon, cifs_sb, full_path, &tmp_data,
 						  &adjust_tz, &is_reparse_point);
-#ifdef CONFIG_CIFS_DFS_UPCALL
-		if (rc == -ENOENT && is_tcon_dfs(tcon))
-			rc = cifs_dfs_query_info_nonascii_quirk(xid, tcon,
-								cifs_sb,
-								full_path);
-#endif
 		data = &tmp_data;
 	}
 
diff --git a/fs/cifs/misc.c b/fs/cifs/misc.c
index 1cbecd64d697fe43fa42cac4ff34c28a5f17b712..062175994e87923c89e116cddf2e6dcae66d4a9b 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/misc.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/misc.c
@@ -1314,49 +1314,4 @@ int cifs_update_super_prepath(struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb, char *prefix)
 	cifs_sb->mnt_cifs_flags |= CIFS_MOUNT_USE_PREFIX_PATH;
 	return 0;
 }
-
-/** cifs_dfs_query_info_nonascii_quirk
- * Handle weird Windows SMB server behaviour. It responds with
- * STATUS_OBJECT_NAME_INVALID code to SMB2 QUERY_INFO request
- * for "\<server>\<dfsname>\<linkpath>" DFS reference,
- * where <dfsname> contains non-ASCII unicode symbols.
- *
- * Check such DFS reference.
- */
-int cifs_dfs_query_info_nonascii_quirk(const unsigned int xid,
-				       struct cifs_tcon *tcon,
-				       struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb,
-				       const char *linkpath)
-{
-	char *treename, *dfspath, sep;
-	int treenamelen, linkpathlen, rc;
-
-	treename = tcon->tree_name;
-	/* MS-DFSC: All paths in REQ_GET_DFS_REFERRAL and RESP_GET_DFS_REFERRAL
-	 * messages MUST be encoded with exactly one leading backslash, not two
-	 * leading backslashes.
-	 */
-	sep = CIFS_DIR_SEP(cifs_sb);
-	if (treename[0] == sep && treename[1] == sep)
-		treename++;
-	linkpathlen = strlen(linkpath);
-	treenamelen = strnlen(treename, MAX_TREE_SIZE + 1);
-	dfspath = kzalloc(treenamelen + linkpathlen + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!dfspath)
-		return -ENOMEM;
-	if (treenamelen)
-		memcpy(dfspath, treename, treenamelen);
-	memcpy(dfspath + treenamelen, linkpath, linkpathlen);
-	rc = dfs_cache_find(xid, tcon->ses, cifs_sb->local_nls,
-			    cifs_remap(cifs_sb), dfspath, NULL, NULL);
-	if (rc == 0) {
-		cifs_dbg(FYI, "DFS ref '%s' is found, emulate -EREMOTE\n",
-			 dfspath);
-		rc = -EREMOTE;
-	} else {
-		cifs_dbg(FYI, "%s: dfs_cache_find returned %d\n", __func__, rc);
-	}
-	kfree(dfspath);
-	return rc;
-}
 #endif
diff --git a/fs/cifs/smb2inode.c b/fs/cifs/smb2inode.c
index fbd46db1023ae262d96b9673a4dbe380bf5c2236..8521adf9ce7907c8c4bb98e9c995e0e4d13375f2 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/smb2inode.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/smb2inode.c
@@ -556,22 +556,42 @@ int smb2_query_path_info(const unsigned int xid, struct cifs_tcon *tcon,
 	rc = smb2_compound_op(xid, tcon, cifs_sb, full_path, FILE_READ_ATTRIBUTES, FILE_OPEN,
 			      create_options, ACL_NO_MODE, data, SMB2_OP_QUERY_INFO, cfile,
 			      NULL, NULL, err_iov, err_buftype);
-	if (rc == -EOPNOTSUPP) {
-		if (err_iov[0].iov_base && err_buftype[0] != CIFS_NO_BUFFER &&
-		    ((struct smb2_hdr *)err_iov[0].iov_base)->Command == SMB2_CREATE &&
-		    ((struct smb2_hdr *)err_iov[0].iov_base)->Status == STATUS_STOPPED_ON_SYMLINK) {
-			rc = smb2_parse_symlink_response(cifs_sb, err_iov, &data->symlink_target);
+	if (rc) {
+		struct smb2_hdr *hdr = err_iov[0].iov_base;
+
+		if (unlikely(!hdr || err_buftype[0] == CIFS_NO_BUFFER))
+			goto out;
+		if (rc == -EOPNOTSUPP && hdr->Command == SMB2_CREATE &&
+		    hdr->Status == STATUS_STOPPED_ON_SYMLINK) {
+			rc = smb2_parse_symlink_response(cifs_sb, err_iov,
+							 &data->symlink_target);
 			if (rc)
 				goto out;
-		}
-		*reparse = true;
-		create_options |= OPEN_REPARSE_POINT;
 
-		/* Failed on a symbolic link - query a reparse point info */
-		cifs_get_readable_path(tcon, full_path, &cfile);
-		rc = smb2_compound_op(xid, tcon, cifs_sb, full_path, FILE_READ_ATTRIBUTES,
-				      FILE_OPEN, create_options, ACL_NO_MODE, data,
-				      SMB2_OP_QUERY_INFO, cfile, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL);
+			*reparse = true;
+			create_options |= OPEN_REPARSE_POINT;
+
+			/* Failed on a symbolic link - query a reparse point info */
+			cifs_get_readable_path(tcon, full_path, &cfile);
+			rc = smb2_compound_op(xid, tcon, cifs_sb, full_path,
+					      FILE_READ_ATTRIBUTES, FILE_OPEN,
+					      create_options, ACL_NO_MODE, data,
+					      SMB2_OP_QUERY_INFO, cfile, NULL, NULL,
+					      NULL, NULL);
+			goto out;
+		} else if (rc != -EREMOTE && IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_CIFS_DFS_UPCALL) &&
+			   hdr->Status == STATUS_OBJECT_NAME_INVALID) {
+			/*
+			 * Handle weird Windows SMB server behaviour. It responds with
+			 * STATUS_OBJECT_NAME_INVALID code to SMB2 QUERY_INFO request
+			 * for "\<server>\<dfsname>\<linkpath>" DFS reference,
+			 * where <dfsname> contains non-ASCII unicode symbols.
+			 */
+			rc = -EREMOTE;
+		}
+		if (rc == -EREMOTE && IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_CIFS_DFS_UPCALL) && cifs_sb &&
+		    (cifs_sb->mnt_cifs_flags & CIFS_MOUNT_NO_DFS))
+			rc = -EOPNOTSUPP;
 	}
 
 out:
diff --git a/fs/cifs/smb2ops.c b/fs/cifs/smb2ops.c
index d33b00ac37de2779c5cc4448fe642d198168fdb6..dc160de7a6de4deeebe9616c7b25e8d9bbff52de 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/smb2ops.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/smb2ops.c
@@ -796,7 +796,9 @@ smb2_is_path_accessible(const unsigned int xid, struct cifs_tcon *tcon,
 	int rc;
 	__le16 *utf16_path;
 	__u8 oplock = SMB2_OPLOCK_LEVEL_NONE;
+	int err_buftype = CIFS_NO_BUFFER;
 	struct cifs_open_parms oparms;
+	struct kvec err_iov = {};
 	struct cifs_fid fid;
 	struct cached_fid *cfid;
 
@@ -820,14 +822,32 @@ smb2_is_path_accessible(const unsigned int xid, struct cifs_tcon *tcon,
 	oparms.fid = &fid;
 	oparms.reconnect = false;
 
-	rc = SMB2_open(xid, &oparms, utf16_path, &oplock, NULL, NULL, NULL,
-		       NULL);
+	rc = SMB2_open(xid, &oparms, utf16_path, &oplock, NULL, NULL,
+		       &err_iov, &err_buftype);
 	if (rc) {
-		kfree(utf16_path);
-		return rc;
+		struct smb2_hdr *hdr = err_iov.iov_base;
+
+		if (unlikely(!hdr || err_buftype == CIFS_NO_BUFFER))
+			goto out;
+		/*
+		 * Handle weird Windows SMB server behaviour. It responds with
+		 * STATUS_OBJECT_NAME_INVALID code to SMB2 QUERY_INFO request
+		 * for "\<server>\<dfsname>\<linkpath>" DFS reference,
+		 * where <dfsname> contains non-ASCII unicode symbols.
+		 */
+		if (rc != -EREMOTE && IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_CIFS_DFS_UPCALL) &&
+		    hdr->Status == STATUS_OBJECT_NAME_INVALID)
+			rc = -EREMOTE;
+		if (rc == -EREMOTE && IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_CIFS_DFS_UPCALL) && cifs_sb &&
+		    (cifs_sb->mnt_cifs_flags & CIFS_MOUNT_NO_DFS))
+			rc = -EOPNOTSUPP;
+		goto out;
 	}
 
 	rc = SMB2_close(xid, tcon, fid.persistent_fid, fid.volatile_fid);
+
+out:
+	free_rsp_buf(err_buftype, err_iov.iov_base);
 	kfree(utf16_path);
 	return rc;
 }