diff --git a/fs/cifs/dir.c b/fs/cifs/dir.c
index 251c2ca569d3a2b15dd63f90261ccd149120794f..14d602f178c29de58a5429ba2a099b424f7c771f 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/dir.c
@@ -568,7 +568,7 @@ cifs_lookup(struct inode *parent_dir_inode, struct dentry *direntry,
 	 * reduction in network traffic in the other paths.
 	 */
 	if (pTcon->unix_ext) {
-		if (nd && !(nd->flags & (LOOKUP_PARENT | LOOKUP_DIRECTORY)) &&
+		if (nd && !(nd->flags & LOOKUP_DIRECTORY) &&
 		     (nd->flags & LOOKUP_OPEN) && !pTcon->broken_posix_open &&
 		     (nd->intent.open.file->f_flags & O_CREAT)) {
 			rc = cifs_posix_open(full_path, &newInode,