diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsproto.h b/fs/cifs/cifsproto.h
index d59aebefa71c..66305d11cd6d 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifsproto.h
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifsproto.h
@@ -642,7 +642,7 @@ cifs_chan_is_iface_active(struct cifs_ses *ses,
 int
 cifs_chan_update_iface(struct cifs_ses *ses, struct TCP_Server_Info *server);
 int
-SMB3_request_interfaces(const unsigned int xid, struct cifs_tcon *tcon);
+SMB3_request_interfaces(const unsigned int xid, struct cifs_tcon *tcon, bool in_mount);
 
 void extract_unc_hostname(const char *unc, const char **h, size_t *len);
 int copy_path_name(char *dst, const char *src);
diff --git a/fs/cifs/connect.c b/fs/cifs/connect.c
index bdc3efdb1221..999d6fd31ac9 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/connect.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/connect.c
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ static void smb2_query_server_interfaces(struct work_struct *work)
 	/*
 	 * query server network interfaces, in case they change
 	 */
-	rc = SMB3_request_interfaces(0, tcon);
+	rc = SMB3_request_interfaces(0, tcon, false);
 	if (rc) {
 		cifs_dbg(FYI, "%s: failed to query server interfaces: %d\n",
 				__func__, rc);
diff --git a/fs/cifs/smb2ops.c b/fs/cifs/smb2ops.c
index cc180d37b8ce..60b006d982c2 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/smb2ops.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/smb2ops.c
@@ -511,8 +511,7 @@ smb3_negotiate_rsize(struct cifs_tcon *tcon, struct smb3_fs_context *ctx)
 
 static int
 parse_server_interfaces(struct network_interface_info_ioctl_rsp *buf,
-			size_t buf_len,
-			struct cifs_ses *ses)
+			size_t buf_len, struct cifs_ses *ses, bool in_mount)
 {
 	struct network_interface_info_ioctl_rsp *p;
 	struct sockaddr_in *addr4;
@@ -542,6 +541,20 @@ parse_server_interfaces(struct network_interface_info_ioctl_rsp *buf,
 	}
 	spin_unlock(&ses->iface_lock);
 
+	/*
+	 * Samba server e.g. can return an empty interface list in some cases,
+	 * which would only be a problem if we were requesting multichannel
+	 */
+	if (bytes_left == 0) {
+		/* avoid spamming logs every 10 minutes, so log only in mount */
+		if ((ses->chan_max > 1) && in_mount)
+			cifs_dbg(VFS,
+				 "empty network interface list returned by server %s\n",
+				 ses->server->hostname);
+		rc = -EINVAL;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
 	while (bytes_left >= sizeof(*p)) {
 		memset(&tmp_iface, 0, sizeof(tmp_iface));
 		tmp_iface.speed = le64_to_cpu(p->LinkSpeed);
@@ -672,7 +685,7 @@ out:
 }
 
 int
-SMB3_request_interfaces(const unsigned int xid, struct cifs_tcon *tcon)
+SMB3_request_interfaces(const unsigned int xid, struct cifs_tcon *tcon, bool in_mount)
 {
 	int rc;
 	unsigned int ret_data_len = 0;
@@ -692,7 +705,7 @@ SMB3_request_interfaces(const unsigned int xid, struct cifs_tcon *tcon)
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	rc = parse_server_interfaces(out_buf, ret_data_len, ses);
+	rc = parse_server_interfaces(out_buf, ret_data_len, ses, in_mount);
 	if (rc)
 		goto out;
 
@@ -1022,7 +1035,7 @@ smb3_qfs_tcon(const unsigned int xid, struct cifs_tcon *tcon,
 	if (rc)
 		return;
 
-	SMB3_request_interfaces(xid, tcon);
+	SMB3_request_interfaces(xid, tcon, true /* called during  mount */);
 
 	SMB2_QFS_attr(xid, tcon, fid.persistent_fid, fid.volatile_fid,
 			FS_ATTRIBUTE_INFORMATION);