diff --git a/fs/smb/client/inode.c b/fs/smb/client/inode.c
index 05516309ec3a..7be51f9d2fa1 100644
--- a/fs/smb/client/inode.c
+++ b/fs/smb/client/inode.c
@@ -772,6 +772,8 @@ static void cifs_open_info_to_fattr(struct cifs_fattr *fattr, struct cifs_open_i
 	}
 
 	if (S_ISLNK(fattr->cf_mode)) {
+		if (likely(data->symlink_target))
+			fattr->cf_eof = strnlen(data->symlink_target, PATH_MAX);
 		fattr->cf_symlink_target = data->symlink_target;
 		data->symlink_target = NULL;
 	}