diff --git a/fs/smb/client/fs_context.c b/fs/smb/client/fs_context.c
index 8c73d4d60d1a..8c5a68ab9e23 100644
--- a/fs/smb/client/fs_context.c
+++ b/fs/smb/client/fs_context.c
@@ -1118,6 +1118,7 @@ static int smb3_fs_context_parse_param(struct fs_context *fc,
 	int i, opt;
 	bool is_smb3 = !strcmp(fc->fs_type->name, "smb3");
 	bool skip_parsing = false;
+	char *hostname;
 
 	cifs_dbg(FYI, "CIFS: parsing cifs mount option '%s'\n", param->key);
 
@@ -1443,6 +1444,16 @@ static int smb3_fs_context_parse_param(struct fs_context *fc,
 			cifs_errorf(fc, "OOM when copying UNC string\n");
 			goto cifs_parse_mount_err;
 		}
+		hostname = extract_hostname(ctx->UNC);
+		if (IS_ERR(hostname)) {
+			cifs_errorf(fc, "Cannot extract hostname from UNC string\n");
+			goto cifs_parse_mount_err;
+		}
+		/* last byte, type, is 0x20 for servr type */
+		memset(ctx->target_rfc1001_name, 0x20, RFC1001_NAME_LEN_WITH_NULL);
+		for (i = 0; i < RFC1001_NAME_LEN && hostname[i] != 0; i++)
+			ctx->target_rfc1001_name[i] = toupper(hostname[i]);
+		kfree(hostname);
 		break;
 	case Opt_user:
 		kfree(ctx->username);