diff --git a/fs/smb/client/smb1ops.c b/fs/smb/client/smb1ops.c
index f72879af12c9..dc5a8c1da623 100644
--- a/fs/smb/client/smb1ops.c
+++ b/fs/smb/client/smb1ops.c
@@ -505,21 +505,27 @@ static int
 cifs_is_path_accessible(const unsigned int xid, struct cifs_tcon *tcon,
 			struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb, const char *full_path)
 {
-	int rc;
-	FILE_ALL_INFO *file_info;
+	int rc = -EOPNOTSUPP;
+	FILE_ALL_INFO file_info;
 
-	file_info = kmalloc_obj(FILE_ALL_INFO);
-	if (file_info == NULL)
-		return -ENOMEM;
+	if (tcon->ses->capabilities & CAP_NT_SMBS)
+		rc = CIFSSMBQPathInfo(xid, tcon, full_path, &file_info,
+				      0 /* not legacy */, cifs_sb->local_nls,
+				      cifs_remap(cifs_sb));
 
-	rc = CIFSSMBQPathInfo(xid, tcon, full_path, file_info,
-			      0 /* not legacy */, cifs_sb->local_nls,
-			      cifs_remap(cifs_sb));
+	/*
+	 * Non-UNICODE variant of fallback functions below expands wildcards,
+	 * so they cannot be used for querying paths with wildcard characters.
+	 * Therefore for such paths returns -ENOENT as they cannot exist.
+	 */
+	if ((rc == -EOPNOTSUPP || rc == -EINVAL) &&
+	    !(tcon->ses->capabilities & CAP_UNICODE) &&
+	    strpbrk(full_path, "*?\"><"))
+		rc = -ENOENT;
 
 	if (rc == -EOPNOTSUPP || rc == -EINVAL)
-		rc = SMBQueryInformation(xid, tcon, full_path, file_info,
+		rc = SMBQueryInformation(xid, tcon, full_path, &file_info,
 				cifs_sb->local_nls, cifs_remap(cifs_sb));
-	kfree(file_info);
 	return rc;
 }