&info_buf, cifs_sb->local_nls,
                                     cifs_sb->mnt_cifs_flags &
                                        CIFS_MOUNT_MAP_SPECIAL_CHR);
-               if (rc != -EOPNOTSUPP && rc != -EINVAL)
+               if (rc == 0) {
+                       cifsInode->cifsAttrs = dosattr;
+                       goto out;
+               } else if (rc != -EOPNOTSUPP && rc != -EINVAL)
                        goto out;
        }
 
        kfree(info_buf);
        if (rc != 0)
                goto out_close;
+       cifsInode->cifsAttrs = dosattr;
 
        /* silly-rename the file */
        CIFSSMBRenameOpenFile(xid, tcon, netfid, NULL, cifs_sb->local_nls,
                        if (rc == 0)
                                drop_nlink(inode);
                }
-               cifsInode->cifsAttrs = dosattr;
        }
 out_reval:
        if (inode) {
 
 int cifs_mkdir(struct inode *inode, struct dentry *direntry, int mode)
 {
-       int rc = 0;
+       int rc = 0, tmprc;
        int xid;
        struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb;
        struct cifsTconInfo *pTcon;
                                kfree(pInfo);
                                goto mkdir_get_info;
                        }
+
                        /* Is an i_ino of zero legal? */
                        /* Are there sanity checks we can use to ensure that
                           the server is really filling in that field? */
                        if (!(cifs_sb->mnt_cifs_flags & CIFS_MOUNT_CIFS_ACL) &&
                            (mode & S_IWUGO) == 0) {
                                FILE_BASIC_INFO pInfo;
+                               struct cifsInodeInfo *cifsInode;
+                               u32 dosattrs;
+
                                memset(&pInfo, 0, sizeof(pInfo));
-                               pInfo.Attributes = cpu_to_le32(ATTR_READONLY);
-                               CIFSSMBSetPathInfo(xid, pTcon, full_path,
-                                               &pInfo, cifs_sb->local_nls,
+                               cifsInode = CIFS_I(newinode);
+                               dosattrs = cifsInode->cifsAttrs|ATTR_READONLY;
+                               pInfo.Attributes = cpu_to_le32(dosattrs);
+                               tmprc = CIFSSMBSetPathInfo(xid, pTcon,
+                                               full_path, &pInfo,
+                                               cifs_sb->local_nls,
                                                cifs_sb->mnt_cifs_flags &
                                                CIFS_MOUNT_MAP_SPECIAL_CHR);
+                               if (tmprc == 0)
+                                       cifsInode->cifsAttrs = dosattrs;
                        }
                        if (direntry->d_inode) {
                                if (cifs_sb->mnt_cifs_flags &