diff --git a/fs/cifs/connect.c b/fs/cifs/connect.c
index 59647eb72c5f..83a8f52cd879 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/connect.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/connect.c
@@ -1223,6 +1223,7 @@ cifs_parse_mount_options(const char *mountdata, const char *devname,
 	char *tmp_end, *value;
 	char delim;
 	bool got_ip = false;
+	bool got_version = false;
 	unsigned short port = 0;
 	struct sockaddr *dstaddr = (struct sockaddr *)&vol->dstaddr;
 
@@ -1874,24 +1875,35 @@ cifs_parse_mount_options(const char *mountdata, const char *devname,
 				pr_warn("CIFS: server netbiosname longer than 15 truncated.\n");
 			break;
 		case Opt_ver:
+			/* version of mount userspace tools, not dialect */
 			string = match_strdup(args);
 			if (string == NULL)
 				goto out_nomem;
 
+			/* If interface changes in mount.cifs bump to new ver */
 			if (strncasecmp(string, "1", 1) == 0) {
+				if (strlen(string) > 1) {
+					pr_warn("Bad mount helper ver=%s. Did "
+						"you want SMB1 (CIFS) dialect "
+						"and mean to type vers=1.0 "
+						"instead?\n", string);
+					goto cifs_parse_mount_err;
+				}
 				/* This is the default */
 				break;
 			}
 			/* For all other value, error */
-			pr_warn("CIFS: Invalid version specified\n");
+			pr_warn("CIFS: Invalid mount helper version specified\n");
 			goto cifs_parse_mount_err;
 		case Opt_vers:
+			/* protocol version (dialect) */
 			string = match_strdup(args);
 			if (string == NULL)
 				goto out_nomem;
 
 			if (cifs_parse_smb_version(string, vol) != 0)
 				goto cifs_parse_mount_err;
+			got_version = true;
 			break;
 		case Opt_sec:
 			string = match_strdup(args);
@@ -1973,6 +1985,14 @@ cifs_parse_mount_options(const char *mountdata, const char *devname,
 	else if (override_gid == 1)
 		pr_notice("CIFS: ignoring forcegid mount option specified with no gid= option.\n");
 
+	if (got_version == false)
+		pr_warn("No dialect specified on mount. Default has changed to "
+			"a more secure dialect, SMB3 (vers=3.0), from CIFS "
+			"(SMB1). To use the less secure SMB1 dialect to access "
+			"old servers which do not support SMB3 specify vers=1.0"
+			" on mount. For somewhat newer servers such as Windows "
+			"7 try vers=2.1.\n");
+
 	kfree(mountdata_copy);
 	return 0;
 
diff --git a/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c b/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c
index 97edb4d376cd..7aa67206f6da 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c
@@ -514,7 +514,12 @@ SMB2_negotiate(const unsigned int xid, struct cifs_ses *ses)
 	 * No tcon so can't do
 	 * cifs_stats_inc(&tcon->stats.smb2_stats.smb2_com_fail[SMB2...]);
 	 */
-	if (rc != 0)
+	if (rc == -EOPNOTSUPP) {
+		cifs_dbg(VFS, "Dialect not supported by server. Consider "
+			"specifying vers=1.0 or vers=2.1 on mount for accessing"
+			" older servers\n");
+		goto neg_exit;
+	} else if (rc != 0)
 		goto neg_exit;
 
 	cifs_dbg(FYI, "mode 0x%x\n", rsp->SecurityMode);