diff --git a/fs/cifs/connect.c b/fs/cifs/connect.c
index c832a8a1970aabf11001237998df6f4c58208796..7aa08dba4719cde8c88c18bcb5ee4a4ddae733f1 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/connect.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/connect.c
@@ -2547,7 +2547,7 @@ cifs_setup_ipc(struct cifs_ses *ses, struct smb_vol *volume_info)
 	if (tcon == NULL)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	snprintf(unc, sizeof(unc), "\\\\%s\\IPC$", ses->serverName);
+	snprintf(unc, sizeof(unc), "\\\\%s\\IPC$", ses->server->hostname);
 
 	/* cannot fail */
 	nls_codepage = load_nls_default();