diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifs_unicode.c b/fs/cifs/cifs_unicode.c
index 23d43cde4306042407dcd3df76d78ab81b793db7..1b2e180b018dd01e9d65041c6eb8cc288974b2c3 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifs_unicode.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifs_unicode.c
@@ -277,6 +277,7 @@ cifsConvertToUCS(__le16 *target, const char *source, int srclen,
 
 	for (i = 0, j = 0; i < srclen; j++) {
 		src_char = source[i];
+		charlen = 1;
 		switch (src_char) {
 		case 0:
 			put_unaligned(0, &target[j]);
@@ -316,16 +317,13 @@ cifsConvertToUCS(__le16 *target, const char *source, int srclen,
 				dst_char = cpu_to_le16(0x003f);
 				charlen = 1;
 			}
-			/*
-			 * character may take more than one byte in the source
-			 * string, but will take exactly two bytes in the
-			 * target string
-			 */
-			i += charlen;
-			continue;
 		}
+		/*
+		 * character may take more than one byte in the source string,
+		 * but will take exactly two bytes in the target string
+		 */
+		i += charlen;
 		put_unaligned(dst_char, &target[j]);
-		i++; /* move to next char in source string */
 	}
 
 ctoUCS_out:
diff --git a/fs/cifs/connect.c b/fs/cifs/connect.c
index 05f1dcf7d79ae023e2b1aae9b2c358784025c1ef..277262a8e82f282d4a32b0ddd4a244bc55e99472 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/connect.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/connect.c
@@ -2673,6 +2673,11 @@ is_path_accessible(int xid, struct cifsTconInfo *tcon,
 			      0 /* not legacy */, cifs_sb->local_nls,
 			      cifs_sb->mnt_cifs_flags &
 				CIFS_MOUNT_MAP_SPECIAL_CHR);
+
+	if (rc == -EOPNOTSUPP || rc == -EINVAL)
+		rc = SMBQueryInformation(xid, tcon, full_path, pfile_info,
+				cifs_sb->local_nls, cifs_sb->mnt_cifs_flags &
+				  CIFS_MOUNT_MAP_SPECIAL_CHR);
 	kfree(pfile_info);
 	return rc;
 }