diff --git a/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c b/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c
index 49779d952cd5..70eeaa2925bb 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c
@@ -1182,6 +1182,7 @@ SMB2_sess_setup(const unsigned int xid, struct cifs_ses *ses,
 	sess_data->ses = ses;
 	sess_data->buf0_type = CIFS_NO_BUFFER;
 	sess_data->nls_cp = (struct nls_table *) nls_cp;
+	sess_data->previous_session = ses->Suid;
 
 	while (sess_data->func)
 		sess_data->func(sess_data);