FILE_ALL_INFO *data, struct super_block *sb, int xid,
                    const struct cifs_fid *fid)
 {
-       bool validinum = false;
        __u16 srchflgs;
        int rc = 0, tmprc = ENOSYS;
        struct cifs_tcon *tcon;
                        (FILE_DIRECTORY_INFO *)data, cifs_sb);
                        fattr.cf_uniqueid = le64_to_cpu(
                        ((SEARCH_ID_FULL_DIR_INFO *)data)->UniqueId);
-                       validinum = true;
 
                        cifs_buf_release(srchinf->ntwrk_buf_start);
                }
         */
        if (*inode == NULL) {
                if (cifs_sb->mnt_cifs_flags & CIFS_MOUNT_SERVER_INUM) {
-                       if (validinum == false) {
-                               if (server->ops->get_srv_inum)
-                                       tmprc = server->ops->get_srv_inum(xid,
-                                               tcon, cifs_sb, full_path,
-                                               &fattr.cf_uniqueid, data);
-                               if (tmprc) {
-                                       cifs_dbg(FYI, "GetSrvInodeNum rc %d\n",
-                                                tmprc);
-                                       fattr.cf_uniqueid = iunique(sb, ROOT_I);
-                                       cifs_autodisable_serverino(cifs_sb);
-                               } else if ((fattr.cf_uniqueid == 0) &&
-                                               strlen(full_path) == 0) {
-                                       /* some servers ret bad root ino ie 0 */
-                                       cifs_dbg(FYI, "Invalid (0) inodenum\n");
-                                       fattr.cf_flags |=
-                                               CIFS_FATTR_FAKE_ROOT_INO;
-                                       fattr.cf_uniqueid =
-                                               simple_hashstr(tcon->treeName);
-                               }
+                       if (server->ops->get_srv_inum)
+                               tmprc = server->ops->get_srv_inum(xid,
+                                                                 tcon, cifs_sb, full_path,
+                                                                 &fattr.cf_uniqueid, data);
+                       if (tmprc) {
+                               cifs_dbg(FYI, "GetSrvInodeNum rc %d\n",
+                                        tmprc);
+                               fattr.cf_uniqueid = iunique(sb, ROOT_I);
+                               cifs_autodisable_serverino(cifs_sb);
+                       } else if ((fattr.cf_uniqueid == 0) &&
+                                  strlen(full_path) == 0) {
+                               /* some servers ret bad root ino ie 0 */
+                               cifs_dbg(FYI, "Invalid (0) inodenum\n");
+                               fattr.cf_flags |=
+                                       CIFS_FATTR_FAKE_ROOT_INO;
+                               fattr.cf_uniqueid =
+                                       simple_hashstr(tcon->treeName);
                        }
                } else
                        fattr.cf_uniqueid = iunique(sb, ROOT_I);
        } else {
-               if ((cifs_sb->mnt_cifs_flags & CIFS_MOUNT_SERVER_INUM) &&
-                   validinum == false && server->ops->get_srv_inum) {
+               if ((cifs_sb->mnt_cifs_flags & CIFS_MOUNT_SERVER_INUM)
+                   && server->ops->get_srv_inum) {
                        /*
                         * Pass a NULL tcon to ensure we don't make a round
                         * trip to the server. This only works for SMB2+.
 
 cifs_autodisable_serverino(struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb)
 {
        if (cifs_sb->mnt_cifs_flags & CIFS_MOUNT_SERVER_INUM) {
+               struct cifs_tcon *tcon = NULL;
+
+               if (cifs_sb->master_tlink)
+                       tcon = cifs_sb_master_tcon(cifs_sb);
+
                cifs_sb->mnt_cifs_flags &= ~CIFS_MOUNT_SERVER_INUM;
-               cifs_dbg(VFS, "Autodisabling the use of server inode numbers on %s. This server doesn't seem to support them properly. Hardlinks will not be recognized on this mount. Consider mounting with the \"noserverino\" option to silence this message.\n",
-                        cifs_sb_master_tcon(cifs_sb)->treeName);
+               cifs_dbg(VFS, "Autodisabling the use of server inode numbers on %s.\n",
+                        tcon ? tcon->treeName : "new server");
+               cifs_dbg(VFS, "The server doesn't seem to support them properly or the files might be on different servers (DFS).\n");
+               cifs_dbg(VFS, "Hardlinks will not be recognized on this mount. Consider mounting with the \"noserverino\" option to silence this message.\n");
+
        }
 }