diff --git a/fs/smb/server/smb2pdu.c b/fs/smb/server/smb2pdu.c
index e7e07891781b..bebfa5f6d82e 100644
--- a/fs/smb/server/smb2pdu.c
+++ b/fs/smb/server/smb2pdu.c
@@ -2056,10 +2056,16 @@ int smb2_tree_connect(struct ksmbd_work *work)
  */
 static int smb2_create_open_flags(bool file_present, __le32 access,
 				  __le32 disposition,
-				  int *may_flags)
+				  int *may_flags,
+				  bool is_dir)
 {
 	int oflags = O_NONBLOCK | O_LARGEFILE;
 
+	if (is_dir) {
+		access &= ~FILE_WRITE_DESIRE_ACCESS_LE;
+		ksmbd_debug(SMB, "Discard write access to a directory\n");
+	}
+
 	if (access & FILE_READ_DESIRED_ACCESS_LE &&
 	    access & FILE_WRITE_DESIRE_ACCESS_LE) {
 		oflags |= O_RDWR;
@@ -3167,7 +3173,9 @@ int smb2_open(struct ksmbd_work *work)
 
 	open_flags = smb2_create_open_flags(file_present, daccess,
 					    req->CreateDisposition,
-					    &may_flags);
+					    &may_flags,
+		req->CreateOptions & FILE_DIRECTORY_FILE_LE ||
+		(file_present && S_ISDIR(d_inode(path.dentry)->i_mode)));
 
 	if (!test_tree_conn_flag(tcon, KSMBD_TREE_CONN_FLAG_WRITABLE)) {
 		if (open_flags & (O_CREAT | O_TRUNC)) {