diff --git a/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c b/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c
index 6a8a00f28b19..2e6c0f4d8449 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c
@@ -571,10 +571,6 @@ assemble_neg_contexts(struct smb2_negotiate_req *req,
 	*total_len += ctxt_len;
 	pneg_ctxt += ctxt_len;
 
-	build_posix_ctxt((struct smb2_posix_neg_context *)pneg_ctxt);
-	*total_len += sizeof(struct smb2_posix_neg_context);
-	pneg_ctxt += sizeof(struct smb2_posix_neg_context);
-
 	/*
 	 * secondary channels don't have the hostname field populated
 	 * use the hostname field in the primary channel instead
@@ -586,9 +582,14 @@ assemble_neg_contexts(struct smb2_negotiate_req *req,
 					      hostname);
 		*total_len += ctxt_len;
 		pneg_ctxt += ctxt_len;
-		neg_context_count = 4;
-	} else /* second channels do not have a hostname */
 		neg_context_count = 3;
+	} else
+		neg_context_count = 2;
+
+	build_posix_ctxt((struct smb2_posix_neg_context *)pneg_ctxt);
+	*total_len += sizeof(struct smb2_posix_neg_context);
+	pneg_ctxt += sizeof(struct smb2_posix_neg_context);
+	neg_context_count++;
 
 	if (server->compress_algorithm) {
 		build_compression_ctxt((struct smb2_compression_capabilities_context *)