diff --git a/fs/smb/client/cifsfs.c b/fs/smb/client/cifsfs.c
index 18d66497c42d..33ea1440f4b0 100644
--- a/fs/smb/client/cifsfs.c
+++ b/fs/smb/client/cifsfs.c
@@ -1186,6 +1186,7 @@ const char *cifs_get_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode,
 
 const struct inode_operations cifs_symlink_inode_ops = {
 	.get_link = cifs_get_link,
+	.setattr = cifs_setattr,
 	.permission = cifs_permission,
 	.listxattr = cifs_listxattr,
 };