diff --git a/fs/smb/server/smb2pdu.c b/fs/smb/server/smb2pdu.c
index 5859fa68bb84..c5d2a00c3716 100644
--- a/fs/smb/server/smb2pdu.c
+++ b/fs/smb/server/smb2pdu.c
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include <net/addrconf.h>
 #include <linux/syscalls.h>
 #include <linux/namei.h>
+#include <linux/fs_struct.h>
 #include <linux/statfs.h>
 #include <linux/ethtool.h>
 #include <linux/falloc.h>
@@ -5867,7 +5868,8 @@ static int smb2_get_info_filesystem(struct ksmbd_work *work,
 	if (!share->path)
 		return -EIO;
 
-	rc = kern_path(share->path, LOOKUP_NO_SYMLINKS, &path);
+	scoped_with_init_fs()
+		rc = kern_path(share->path, LOOKUP_NO_SYMLINKS, &path);
 	if (rc) {
 		pr_err("cannot create vfs path\n");
 		return -EIO;