diff --git a/fs/smb/client/dir.c b/fs/smb/client/dir.c
index 88a4a1787ff0..b0ddcaa2d815 100644
--- a/fs/smb/client/dir.c
+++ b/fs/smb/client/dir.c
@@ -1138,6 +1138,8 @@ int cifs_tmpfile(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
 	} while (unlikely(rc == -EEXIST) && ++retries < max_retries);
 
 	if (rc) {
+		if (rc == -ENOENT)
+			rc = -EOPNOTSUPP;
 		cifs_del_pending_open(&open);
 		goto out;
 	}