diff --git a/fs/cifs/smb2ops.c b/fs/cifs/smb2ops.c
index 87392805e1a7..7f3ac605b05e 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/smb2ops.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/smb2ops.c
@@ -2174,7 +2174,7 @@ smb3_notify(const unsigned int xid, struct file *pfile,
 
 	cifs_sb = CIFS_SB(inode->i_sb);
 
-	utf16_path = cifs_convert_path_to_utf16(path + 1, cifs_sb);
+	utf16_path = cifs_convert_path_to_utf16(path, cifs_sb);
 	if (utf16_path == NULL) {
 		rc = -ENOMEM;
 		goto notify_exit;