diff --git a/fs/cifs/connect.c b/fs/cifs/connect.c
index 7ae0328..4546926 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/connect.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/connect.c
@@ -3222,7 +3222,7 @@
 	}
 }
 
-void cifs_setup_cifs_sb(struct smb_vol *pvolume_info,
+int cifs_setup_cifs_sb(struct smb_vol *pvolume_info,
 			struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb)
 {
 	INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&cifs_sb->prune_tlinks, cifs_prune_tlinks);
@@ -3316,6 +3316,14 @@
 
 	if ((pvolume_info->cifs_acl) && (pvolume_info->dynperm))
 		cifs_dbg(VFS, "mount option dynperm ignored if cifsacl mount option supported\n");
+
+	if (pvolume_info->prepath) {
+		cifs_sb->prepath = kstrdup(pvolume_info->prepath, GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (cifs_sb->prepath == NULL)
+			return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static void