diff --git a/fs/smb/client/cifspdu.h b/fs/smb/client/cifspdu.h
index c3b6263060b0..451465678d01 100644
--- a/fs/smb/client/cifspdu.h
+++ b/fs/smb/client/cifspdu.h
@@ -217,6 +217,7 @@
 					  /* of an input/output request       */
 #define SYSTEM_SECURITY       0x01000000  /* The system access control list   */
 					  /* can be read and changed          */
+#define MAXIMUM_ALLOWED       0x02000000
 #define GENERIC_ALL           0x10000000
 #define GENERIC_EXECUTE       0x20000000
 #define GENERIC_WRITE         0x40000000
diff --git a/fs/smb/client/smb2glob.h b/fs/smb/client/smb2glob.h
index 2466e6155136..224495322a05 100644
--- a/fs/smb/client/smb2glob.h
+++ b/fs/smb/client/smb2glob.h
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ enum smb2_compound_ops {
 	SMB2_OP_SET_REPARSE,
 	SMB2_OP_GET_REPARSE,
 	SMB2_OP_QUERY_WSL_EA,
+	SMB2_OP_OPEN_QUERY,
 };
 
 /* Used when constructing chained read requests. */
diff --git a/fs/smb/client/smb2inode.c b/fs/smb/client/smb2inode.c
index 06bb6f7fbf0f..a5759facf7eb 100644
--- a/fs/smb/client/smb2inode.c
+++ b/fs/smb/client/smb2inode.c
@@ -188,6 +188,7 @@ static int smb2_compound_op(const unsigned int xid, struct cifs_tcon *tcon,
 	struct TCP_Server_Info *server;
 	int num_rqst = 0, i;
 	int resp_buftype[MAX_COMPOUND];
+	struct smb2_create_rsp *create_rsp = NULL;
 	struct smb2_query_info_rsp *qi_rsp = NULL;
 	struct cifs_open_info_data *idata;
 	struct inode *inode = NULL;
@@ -265,7 +266,13 @@ static int smb2_compound_op(const unsigned int xid, struct cifs_tcon *tcon,
 	num_rqst++;
 	rc = 0;
 
-	for (i = 0; i < num_cmds; i++) {
+	i = 0;
+
+	/* Skip the leading explicit OPEN operation */
+	if (num_cmds > 0 && cmds[0] == SMB2_OP_OPEN_QUERY)
+		i++;
+
+	for (; i < num_cmds; i++) {
 		/* Operation */
 		switch (cmds[i]) {
 		case SMB2_OP_QUERY_INFO:
@@ -637,6 +644,26 @@ static int smb2_compound_op(const unsigned int xid, struct cifs_tcon *tcon,
 		tcon->need_reconnect = true;
 	}
 
+	if (rc == 0 && num_cmds > 0 && cmds[0] == SMB2_OP_OPEN_QUERY) {
+		create_rsp = rsp_iov[0].iov_base;
+		idata = in_iov[0].iov_base;
+		idata->fi.CreationTime = create_rsp->CreationTime;
+		idata->fi.LastAccessTime = create_rsp->LastAccessTime;
+		idata->fi.LastWriteTime = create_rsp->LastWriteTime;
+		idata->fi.ChangeTime = create_rsp->ChangeTime;
+		idata->fi.Attributes = create_rsp->FileAttributes;
+		idata->fi.AllocationSize = create_rsp->AllocationSize;
+		idata->fi.EndOfFile = create_rsp->EndofFile;
+		if (le32_to_cpu(idata->fi.NumberOfLinks) == 0)
+			idata->fi.NumberOfLinks = cpu_to_le32(1); /* dummy value */
+		idata->fi.DeletePending = 0;
+		idata->fi.Directory = !!(le32_to_cpu(create_rsp->FileAttributes) & ATTR_DIRECTORY);
+
+		/* smb2_parse_contexts() fills idata->fi.IndexNumber */
+		rc = smb2_parse_contexts(server, &rsp_iov[0], &oparms->fid->epoch,
+					 oparms->fid->lease_key, &oplock, &idata->fi, NULL);
+	}
+
 	for (i = 0; i < num_cmds; i++) {
 		switch (cmds[i]) {
 		case SMB2_OP_QUERY_INFO:
@@ -934,6 +961,48 @@ int smb2_query_path_info(const unsigned int xid,
 	case 0:
 		rc = parse_create_response(data, cifs_sb, full_path, &out_iov[0]);
 		break;
+	case -EACCES:
+		/*
+		 * If SMB2_OP_QUERY_INFO (called when POSIX extensions are not used) failed with
+		 * STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED then it means that caller does not have permission to
+		 * open the path with FILE_READ_ATTRIBUTES access and therefore cannot issue
+		 * SMB2_OP_QUERY_INFO command.
+		 *
+		 * There is an alternative way how to query limited information about path but still
+		 * suitable for stat() syscall. SMB2 OPEN/CREATE operation returns in its successful
+		 * response subset of query information.
+		 *
+		 * So try to open the path without FILE_READ_ATTRIBUTES but with MAXIMUM_ALLOWED
+		 * access which will grant the maximum possible access to the file and the response
+		 * will contain required query information for stat() syscall.
+		 */
+
+		if (tcon->posix_extensions)
+			break;
+
+		for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(out_buftype); i++) {
+			free_rsp_buf(out_buftype[i], out_iov[i].iov_base);
+			out_buftype[i] = 0;
+			out_iov[i].iov_base = NULL;
+		}
+
+		num_cmds = 1;
+		cmds[0] = SMB2_OP_OPEN_QUERY;
+		in_iov[0].iov_base = data;
+		in_iov[0].iov_len = sizeof(*data);
+		oparms = CIFS_OPARMS(cifs_sb, tcon, full_path, MAXIMUM_ALLOWED,
+				     FILE_OPEN, create_options, ACL_NO_MODE);
+		rc = smb2_compound_op(xid, tcon, cifs_sb, full_path,
+				      &oparms, in_iov, cmds, num_cmds,
+				      cfile, out_iov, out_buftype, NULL);
+
+		hdr = out_iov[0].iov_base;
+		if (!hdr || out_buftype[0] == CIFS_NO_BUFFER)
+			goto out;
+
+		if (!rc)
+			rc = parse_create_response(data, cifs_sb, full_path, &out_iov[0]);
+		break;
 	case -EOPNOTSUPP:
 		/*
 		 * BB TODO: When support for special files added to Samba
