diff --git a/fs/smb/client/smb2pdu.c b/fs/smb/client/smb2pdu.c
index 6db54c6ef5719..e257b10bc8202 100644
--- a/fs/smb/client/smb2pdu.c
+++ b/fs/smb/client/smb2pdu.c
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ smb2_reconnect(__le16 smb2_command, struct cifs_tcon *tcon,
 		rc = SMB3_request_interfaces(xid, tcon, false);
 		free_xid(xid);
 
-		if (rc == -EOPNOTSUPP) {
+		if (rc == -EOPNOTSUPP && ses->chan_count > 1) {
 			/*
 			 * some servers like Azure SMB server do not advertise
 			 * that multichannel has been disabled with server