diff --git a/fs/smb/client/smb1ops.c b/fs/smb/client/smb1ops.c
index abca214f923c21..db3695eddcf9d5 100644
--- a/fs/smb/client/smb1ops.c
+++ b/fs/smb/client/smb1ops.c
@@ -1000,12 +1000,11 @@ static int cifs_parse_reparse_point(struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb,
 {
 	struct reparse_data_buffer *buf;
 	TRANSACT_IOCTL_RSP *io = rsp_iov->iov_base;
-	bool unicode = !!(io->hdr.Flags2 & SMBFLG2_UNICODE);
 	u32 plen = le16_to_cpu(io->ByteCount);
 
 	buf = (struct reparse_data_buffer *)((__u8 *)&io->hdr.Protocol +
 					     le32_to_cpu(io->DataOffset));
-	return parse_reparse_point(buf, plen, cifs_sb, full_path, unicode, data);
+	return parse_reparse_point(buf, plen, cifs_sb, full_path, true, data);
 }
 
 static bool