diff --git a/fs/smb/client/reparse.c b/fs/smb/client/reparse.c
index edcd838f14ae..4ccfb70da5e2 100644
--- a/fs/smb/client/reparse.c
+++ b/fs/smb/client/reparse.c
@@ -168,7 +168,6 @@ static int parse_reparse_posix(struct reparse_posix_data *buf,
 							       cifs_sb->local_nls);
 		if (!data->symlink_target)
 			return -ENOMEM;
-		convert_delimiter(data->symlink_target, '/');
 		cifs_dbg(FYI, "%s: target path: %s\n",
 			 __func__, data->symlink_target);
 		break;