1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c b/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c
index 4c344fe7a152..bc09c998631f 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c
@@ -2377,8 +2377,10 @@ winCreateHardLinkRetry:
                                      PATH_MAX, nls_codepage, remap);
                 name_len++;     /* trailing null */
                 name_len *= 2;
-                pSMB->OldFileName[name_len] = 0;        /* pad */
-                pSMB->OldFileName[name_len + 1] = 0x04;
+
+                /* protocol specifies ASCII buffer format (0x04) for unicode */
+                pSMB->OldFileName[name_len] = 0x04;
+                pSMB->OldFileName[name_len + 1] = 0x00; /* pad */
                 name_len2 =
                     cifsConvertToUCS((__le16 *)&pSMB->OldFileName[name_len + 2],
                                      toName, PATH_MAX, nls_codepage, remap);