diff --git a/fs/smb/server/misc.c b/fs/smb/server/misc.c
index a543ec9d3581..966004c414a8 100644
--- a/fs/smb/server/misc.c
+++ b/fs/smb/server/misc.c
@@ -283,39 +283,6 @@ char *ksmbd_extract_sharename(struct unicode_map *um, const char *treename)
 	return ksmbd_casefold_sharename(um, name);
 }
 
-/**
- * convert_to_unix_name() - convert windows name to unix format
- * @share:	ksmbd_share_config pointer
- * @name:	file name that is relative to share
- *
- * Return:	converted name on success, otherwise NULL
- */
-char *convert_to_unix_name(struct ksmbd_share_config *share, const char *name)
-{
-	int no_slash = 0, name_len, path_len;
-	char *new_name;
-
-	if (name[0] == '/')
-		name++;
-
-	path_len = share->path_sz;
-	name_len = strlen(name);
-	new_name = kmalloc(path_len + name_len + 2, KSMBD_DEFAULT_GFP);
-	if (!new_name)
-		return new_name;
-
-	memcpy(new_name, share->path, path_len);
-	if (new_name[path_len - 1] != '/') {
-		new_name[path_len] = '/';
-		no_slash = 1;
-	}
-
-	memcpy(new_name + path_len + no_slash, name, name_len);
-	path_len += name_len + no_slash;
-	new_name[path_len] = 0x00;
-	return new_name;
-}
-
 char *ksmbd_convert_dir_info_name(struct ksmbd_dir_info *d_info,
 				  const struct nls_table *local_nls,
 				  int *conv_len)
diff --git a/fs/smb/server/misc.h b/fs/smb/server/misc.h
index 13423696ae8c..3909104e18ad 100644
--- a/fs/smb/server/misc.h
+++ b/fs/smb/server/misc.h
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ void ksmbd_strip_last_slash(char *path);
 void ksmbd_conv_path_to_windows(char *path);
 char *ksmbd_casefold_sharename(struct unicode_map *um, const char *name);
 char *ksmbd_extract_sharename(struct unicode_map *um, const char *treename);
-char *convert_to_unix_name(struct ksmbd_share_config *share, const char *name);
 
 #define KSMBD_DIR_INFO_ALIGNMENT	8
 struct ksmbd_dir_info;
diff --git a/fs/smb/server/vfs.c b/fs/smb/server/vfs.c
index fe376453a519..74b0307cb100 100644
--- a/fs/smb/server/vfs.c
+++ b/fs/smb/server/vfs.c
@@ -1259,15 +1259,30 @@ struct dentry *ksmbd_vfs_kern_path_create(struct ksmbd_work *work,
 					  unsigned int flags,
 					  struct path *path)
 {
-	char *abs_name;
+	struct ksmbd_share_config *share_conf = work->tcon->share_conf;
+	struct qstr last;
 	struct dentry *dent;
+	int err;
 
-	abs_name = convert_to_unix_name(work->tcon->share_conf, name);
-	if (!abs_name)
-		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+	/* resolve the name beneath the share root so ".." cannot escape */
+	CLASS(filename_kernel, filename)(name);
 
-	dent = start_creating_path(AT_FDCWD, abs_name, path, flags);
-	kfree(abs_name);
+	err = vfs_path_parent_lookup(filename, flags | LOOKUP_BENEATH,
+				     path, &last, &share_conf->vfs_path);
+	if (err)
+		return ERR_PTR(err);
+
+	err = mnt_want_write(path->mnt);
+	if (err) {
+		path_put(path);
+		return ERR_PTR(err);
+	}
+
+	dent = start_creating_noperm(path->dentry, &last);
+	if (IS_ERR(dent)) {
+		mnt_drop_write(path->mnt);
+		path_put(path);
+	}
 	return dent;
 }