diff --git a/fs/cifs/connect.c b/fs/cifs/connect.c
index d46702f5a663..1849e3411487 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/connect.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/connect.c
@@ -97,6 +97,10 @@ static int reconn_set_ipaddr_from_hostname(struct TCP_Server_Info *server)
 	if (!server->hostname)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
+	/* if server hostname isn't populated, there's nothing to do here */
+	if (server->hostname[0] == '\0')
+		return 0;
+
 	len = strlen(server->hostname) + 3;
 
 	unc = kmalloc(len, GFP_KERNEL);
diff --git a/fs/cifs/sess.c b/fs/cifs/sess.c
index 3b7915af1f62..0bece97547d4 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/sess.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/sess.c
@@ -301,7 +301,10 @@ cifs_ses_add_channel(struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb, struct cifs_ses *ses,
 	/* Auth */
 	ctx.domainauto = ses->domainAuto;
 	ctx.domainname = ses->domainName;
-	ctx.server_hostname = ses->server->hostname;
+
+	/* no hostname for extra channels */
+	ctx.server_hostname = "";
+
 	ctx.username = ses->user_name;
 	ctx.password = ses->password;
 	ctx.sectype = ses->sectype;