diff --git a/fs/cifs/smb2file.c b/fs/cifs/smb2file.c
index f5dcc4940b6d..9dfd2dd612c2 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/smb2file.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/smb2file.c
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@ smb2_open_file(const unsigned int xid, struct cifs_open_parms *oparms,
 		nr_ioctl_req.Reserved = 0;
 		rc = SMB2_ioctl(xid, oparms->tcon, fid->persistent_fid,
 			fid->volatile_fid, FSCTL_LMR_REQUEST_RESILIENCY,
-			true /* is_fsctl */,
 			(char *)&nr_ioctl_req, sizeof(nr_ioctl_req),
 			CIFSMaxBufSize, NULL, NULL /* no return info */);
 		if (rc == -EOPNOTSUPP) {
diff --git a/fs/cifs/smb2ops.c b/fs/cifs/smb2ops.c
index f406af596887..c8ada000de7f 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/smb2ops.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/smb2ops.c
@@ -681,7 +681,7 @@ SMB3_request_interfaces(const unsigned int xid, struct cifs_tcon *tcon)
 	struct cifs_ses *ses = tcon->ses;
 
 	rc = SMB2_ioctl(xid, tcon, NO_FILE_ID, NO_FILE_ID,
-			FSCTL_QUERY_NETWORK_INTERFACE_INFO, true /* is_fsctl */,
+			FSCTL_QUERY_NETWORK_INTERFACE_INFO,
 			NULL /* no data input */, 0 /* no data input */,
 			CIFSMaxBufSize, (char **)&out_buf, &ret_data_len);
 	if (rc == -EOPNOTSUPP) {
@@ -1323,9 +1323,8 @@ SMB2_request_res_key(const unsigned int xid, struct cifs_tcon *tcon,
 	struct resume_key_req *res_key;
 
 	rc = SMB2_ioctl(xid, tcon, persistent_fid, volatile_fid,
-			FSCTL_SRV_REQUEST_RESUME_KEY, true /* is_fsctl */,
-			NULL, 0 /* no input */, CIFSMaxBufSize,
-			(char **)&res_key, &ret_data_len);
+			FSCTL_SRV_REQUEST_RESUME_KEY, NULL, 0 /* no input */,
+			CIFSMaxBufSize, (char **)&res_key, &ret_data_len);
 
 	if (rc == -EOPNOTSUPP) {
 		pr_warn_once("Server share %s does not support copy range\n", tcon->treeName);
@@ -1467,7 +1466,7 @@ smb2_ioctl_query_info(const unsigned int xid,
 		rqst[1].rq_nvec = SMB2_IOCTL_IOV_SIZE;
 
 		rc = SMB2_ioctl_init(tcon, server, &rqst[1], COMPOUND_FID, COMPOUND_FID,
-				     qi.info_type, true, buffer, qi.output_buffer_length,
+				     qi.info_type, buffer, qi.output_buffer_length,
 				     CIFSMaxBufSize - MAX_SMB2_CREATE_RESPONSE_SIZE -
 				     MAX_SMB2_CLOSE_RESPONSE_SIZE);
 		free_req1_func = SMB2_ioctl_free;
@@ -1643,9 +1642,8 @@ smb2_copychunk_range(const unsigned int xid,
 		retbuf = NULL;
 		rc = SMB2_ioctl(xid, tcon, trgtfile->fid.persistent_fid,
 			trgtfile->fid.volatile_fid, FSCTL_SRV_COPYCHUNK_WRITE,
-			true /* is_fsctl */, (char *)pcchunk,
-			sizeof(struct copychunk_ioctl),	CIFSMaxBufSize,
-			(char **)&retbuf, &ret_data_len);
+			(char *)pcchunk, sizeof(struct copychunk_ioctl),
+			CIFSMaxBufSize, (char **)&retbuf, &ret_data_len);
 		if (rc == 0) {
 			if (ret_data_len !=
 					sizeof(struct copychunk_ioctl_rsp)) {
@@ -1805,7 +1803,6 @@ static bool smb2_set_sparse(const unsigned int xid, struct cifs_tcon *tcon,
 
 	rc = SMB2_ioctl(xid, tcon, cfile->fid.persistent_fid,
 			cfile->fid.volatile_fid, FSCTL_SET_SPARSE,
-			true /* is_fctl */,
 			&setsparse, 1, CIFSMaxBufSize, NULL, NULL);
 	if (rc) {
 		tcon->broken_sparse_sup = true;
@@ -1888,7 +1885,6 @@ smb2_duplicate_extents(const unsigned int xid,
 	rc = SMB2_ioctl(xid, tcon, trgtfile->fid.persistent_fid,
 			trgtfile->fid.volatile_fid,
 			FSCTL_DUPLICATE_EXTENTS_TO_FILE,
-			true /* is_fsctl */,
 			(char *)&dup_ext_buf,
 			sizeof(struct duplicate_extents_to_file),
 			CIFSMaxBufSize, NULL,
@@ -1923,7 +1919,6 @@ smb3_set_integrity(const unsigned int xid, struct cifs_tcon *tcon,
 	return SMB2_ioctl(xid, tcon, cfile->fid.persistent_fid,
 			cfile->fid.volatile_fid,
 			FSCTL_SET_INTEGRITY_INFORMATION,
-			true /* is_fsctl */,
 			(char *)&integr_info,
 			sizeof(struct fsctl_set_integrity_information_req),
 			CIFSMaxBufSize, NULL,
@@ -1976,7 +1971,6 @@ smb3_enum_snapshots(const unsigned int xid, struct cifs_tcon *tcon,
 	rc = SMB2_ioctl(xid, tcon, cfile->fid.persistent_fid,
 			cfile->fid.volatile_fid,
 			FSCTL_SRV_ENUMERATE_SNAPSHOTS,
-			true /* is_fsctl */,
 			NULL, 0 /* no input data */, max_response_size,
 			(char **)&retbuf,
 			&ret_data_len);
@@ -2699,7 +2693,6 @@ smb2_get_dfs_refer(const unsigned int xid, struct cifs_ses *ses,
 	do {
 		rc = SMB2_ioctl(xid, tcon, NO_FILE_ID, NO_FILE_ID,
 				FSCTL_DFS_GET_REFERRALS,
-				true /* is_fsctl */,
 				(char *)dfs_req, dfs_req_size, CIFSMaxBufSize,
 				(char **)&dfs_rsp, &dfs_rsp_size);
 		if (!is_retryable_error(rc))
@@ -2906,8 +2899,7 @@ smb2_query_symlink(const unsigned int xid, struct cifs_tcon *tcon,
 
 	rc = SMB2_ioctl_init(tcon, server,
 			     &rqst[1], fid.persistent_fid,
-			     fid.volatile_fid, FSCTL_GET_REPARSE_POINT,
-			     true /* is_fctl */, NULL, 0,
+			     fid.volatile_fid, FSCTL_GET_REPARSE_POINT, NULL, 0,
 			     CIFSMaxBufSize -
 			     MAX_SMB2_CREATE_RESPONSE_SIZE -
 			     MAX_SMB2_CLOSE_RESPONSE_SIZE);
@@ -3087,8 +3079,7 @@ smb2_query_reparse_tag(const unsigned int xid, struct cifs_tcon *tcon,
 
 	rc = SMB2_ioctl_init(tcon, server,
 			     &rqst[1], COMPOUND_FID,
-			     COMPOUND_FID, FSCTL_GET_REPARSE_POINT,
-			     true /* is_fctl */, NULL, 0,
+			     COMPOUND_FID, FSCTL_GET_REPARSE_POINT, NULL, 0,
 			     CIFSMaxBufSize -
 			     MAX_SMB2_CREATE_RESPONSE_SIZE -
 			     MAX_SMB2_CLOSE_RESPONSE_SIZE);
@@ -3358,7 +3349,7 @@ static long smb3_zero_range(struct file *file, struct cifs_tcon *tcon,
 	fsctl_buf.BeyondFinalZero = cpu_to_le64(offset + len);
 
 	rc = SMB2_ioctl(xid, tcon, cfile->fid.persistent_fid,
-			cfile->fid.volatile_fid, FSCTL_SET_ZERO_DATA, true,
+			cfile->fid.volatile_fid, FSCTL_SET_ZERO_DATA,
 			(char *)&fsctl_buf,
 			sizeof(struct file_zero_data_information),
 			0, NULL, NULL);
@@ -3421,7 +3412,7 @@ static long smb3_punch_hole(struct file *file, struct cifs_tcon *tcon,
 
 	rc = SMB2_ioctl(xid, tcon, cfile->fid.persistent_fid,
 			cfile->fid.volatile_fid, FSCTL_SET_ZERO_DATA,
-			true /* is_fctl */, (char *)&fsctl_buf,
+			(char *)&fsctl_buf,
 			sizeof(struct file_zero_data_information),
 			CIFSMaxBufSize, NULL, NULL);
 	free_xid(xid);
@@ -3481,7 +3472,7 @@ static int smb3_simple_fallocate_range(unsigned int xid,
 	in_data.length = cpu_to_le64(len);
 	rc = SMB2_ioctl(xid, tcon, cfile->fid.persistent_fid,
 			cfile->fid.volatile_fid,
-			FSCTL_QUERY_ALLOCATED_RANGES, true,
+			FSCTL_QUERY_ALLOCATED_RANGES,
 			(char *)&in_data, sizeof(in_data),
 			1024 * sizeof(struct file_allocated_range_buffer),
 			(char **)&out_data, &out_data_len);
@@ -3802,7 +3793,7 @@ static loff_t smb3_llseek(struct file *file, struct cifs_tcon *tcon, loff_t offs
 
 	rc = SMB2_ioctl(xid, tcon, cfile->fid.persistent_fid,
 			cfile->fid.volatile_fid,
-			FSCTL_QUERY_ALLOCATED_RANGES, true,
+			FSCTL_QUERY_ALLOCATED_RANGES,
 			(char *)&in_data, sizeof(in_data),
 			sizeof(struct file_allocated_range_buffer),
 			(char **)&out_data, &out_data_len);
@@ -3862,7 +3853,7 @@ static int smb3_fiemap(struct cifs_tcon *tcon,
 
 	rc = SMB2_ioctl(xid, tcon, cfile->fid.persistent_fid,
 			cfile->fid.volatile_fid,
-			FSCTL_QUERY_ALLOCATED_RANGES, true,
+			FSCTL_QUERY_ALLOCATED_RANGES,
 			(char *)&in_data, sizeof(in_data),
 			1024 * sizeof(struct file_allocated_range_buffer),
 			(char **)&out_data, &out_data_len);
diff --git a/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c b/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c
index 9b31ea946d45..918152fb8582 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c
@@ -1173,7 +1173,7 @@ int smb3_validate_negotiate(const unsigned int xid, struct cifs_tcon *tcon)
 	}
 
 	rc = SMB2_ioctl(xid, tcon, NO_FILE_ID, NO_FILE_ID,
-		FSCTL_VALIDATE_NEGOTIATE_INFO, true /* is_fsctl */,
+		FSCTL_VALIDATE_NEGOTIATE_INFO,
 		(char *)pneg_inbuf, inbuflen, CIFSMaxBufSize,
 		(char **)&pneg_rsp, &rsplen);
 	if (rc == -EOPNOTSUPP) {
@@ -3056,7 +3056,7 @@ int
 SMB2_ioctl_init(struct cifs_tcon *tcon, struct TCP_Server_Info *server,
 		struct smb_rqst *rqst,
 		u64 persistent_fid, u64 volatile_fid, u32 opcode,
-		bool is_fsctl, char *in_data, u32 indatalen,
+		char *in_data, u32 indatalen,
 		__u32 max_response_size)
 {
 	struct smb2_ioctl_req *req;
@@ -3131,10 +3131,8 @@ SMB2_ioctl_init(struct cifs_tcon *tcon, struct TCP_Server_Info *server,
 	req->hdr.CreditCharge =
 		cpu_to_le16(DIV_ROUND_UP(max(indatalen, max_response_size),
 					 SMB2_MAX_BUFFER_SIZE));
-	if (is_fsctl)
-		req->Flags = cpu_to_le32(SMB2_0_IOCTL_IS_FSCTL);
-	else
-		req->Flags = 0;
+	/* always an FSCTL (for now) */
+	req->Flags = cpu_to_le32(SMB2_0_IOCTL_IS_FSCTL);
 
 	/* validate negotiate request must be signed - see MS-SMB2 3.2.5.5 */
 	if (opcode == FSCTL_VALIDATE_NEGOTIATE_INFO)
@@ -3161,9 +3159,9 @@ SMB2_ioctl_free(struct smb_rqst *rqst)
  */
 int
 SMB2_ioctl(const unsigned int xid, struct cifs_tcon *tcon, u64 persistent_fid,
-	   u64 volatile_fid, u32 opcode, bool is_fsctl,
-	   char *in_data, u32 indatalen, u32 max_out_data_len,
-	   char **out_data, u32 *plen /* returned data len */)
+	   u64 volatile_fid, u32 opcode, char *in_data, u32 indatalen,
+	   u32 max_out_data_len, char **out_data,
+	   u32 *plen /* returned data len */)
 {
 	struct smb_rqst rqst;
 	struct smb2_ioctl_rsp *rsp = NULL;
@@ -3205,7 +3203,7 @@ SMB2_ioctl(const unsigned int xid, struct cifs_tcon *tcon, u64 persistent_fid,
 
 	rc = SMB2_ioctl_init(tcon, server,
 			     &rqst, persistent_fid, volatile_fid, opcode,
-			     is_fsctl, in_data, indatalen, max_out_data_len);
+			     in_data, indatalen, max_out_data_len);
 	if (rc)
 		goto ioctl_exit;
 
@@ -3297,7 +3295,7 @@ SMB2_set_compression(const unsigned int xid, struct cifs_tcon *tcon,
 			cpu_to_le16(COMPRESSION_FORMAT_DEFAULT);
 
 	rc = SMB2_ioctl(xid, tcon, persistent_fid, volatile_fid,
-			FSCTL_SET_COMPRESSION, true /* is_fsctl */,
+			FSCTL_SET_COMPRESSION,
 			(char *)&fsctl_input /* data input */,
 			2 /* in data len */, CIFSMaxBufSize /* max out data */,
 			&ret_data /* out data */, NULL);
diff --git a/fs/cifs/smb2proto.h b/fs/cifs/smb2proto.h
index 51c5bf4a338a..7001317de9dc 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/smb2proto.h
+++ b/fs/cifs/smb2proto.h
@@ -137,13 +137,13 @@ extern int SMB2_open_init(struct cifs_tcon *tcon,
 extern void SMB2_open_free(struct smb_rqst *rqst);
 extern int SMB2_ioctl(const unsigned int xid, struct cifs_tcon *tcon,
 		     u64 persistent_fid, u64 volatile_fid, u32 opcode,
-		     bool is_fsctl, char *in_data, u32 indatalen, u32 maxoutlen,
+		     char *in_data, u32 indatalen, u32 maxoutlen,
 		     char **out_data, u32 *plen /* returned data len */);
 extern int SMB2_ioctl_init(struct cifs_tcon *tcon,
 			   struct TCP_Server_Info *server,
 			   struct smb_rqst *rqst,
 			   u64 persistent_fid, u64 volatile_fid, u32 opcode,
-			   bool is_fsctl, char *in_data, u32 indatalen,
+			   char *in_data, u32 indatalen,
 			   __u32 max_response_size);
 extern void SMB2_ioctl_free(struct smb_rqst *rqst);
 extern int SMB2_change_notify(const unsigned int xid, struct cifs_tcon *tcon,
