diff --git a/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c b/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c
index 1bd5d3033fc8..02da648041fc 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c
@@ -562,8 +562,10 @@ SMB2_negotiate(const unsigned int xid, struct cifs_ses *ses)
 	 * but for time being this is our only auth choice so doesn't matter.
 	 * We just found a server which sets blob length to zero expecting raw.
 	 */
-	if (blob_length == 0)
+	if (blob_length == 0) {
 		cifs_dbg(FYI, "missing security blob on negprot\n");
+		server->sec_ntlmssp = true;
+	}
 
 	rc = cifs_enable_signing(server, ses->sign);
 	if (rc)