diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsproto.h b/fs/cifs/cifsproto.h
index 7dd2f48..4a4fd2d 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifsproto.h
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifsproto.h
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@
 extern int CIFSSMBQPathInfo(const int xid, struct cifsTconInfo *tcon,
 			const unsigned char *searchName,
 			FILE_ALL_INFO * findData,
+			int legacy /* whether to use old info level */,
 			const struct nls_table *nls_codepage, int remap);
 extern int SMBQueryInformation(const int xid, struct cifsTconInfo *tcon,
                         const unsigned char *searchName,
diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c b/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c
index 79a01d3..6f50f2b 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c
@@ -2969,6 +2969,7 @@
 CIFSSMBQPathInfo(const int xid, struct cifsTconInfo *tcon,
 		 const unsigned char *searchName,
 		 FILE_ALL_INFO * pFindData,
+		 int legacy /* old style infolevel */,
 		 const struct nls_table *nls_codepage, int remap)
 {
 /* level 263 SMB_QUERY_FILE_ALL_INFO */
@@ -3017,7 +3018,10 @@
 	byte_count = params + 1 /* pad */ ;
 	pSMB->TotalParameterCount = cpu_to_le16(params);
 	pSMB->ParameterCount = pSMB->TotalParameterCount;
-	pSMB->InformationLevel = cpu_to_le16(SMB_QUERY_FILE_ALL_INFO);
+	if(legacy)
+		pSMB->InformationLevel = cpu_to_le16(SMB_INFO_STANDARD);
+	else
+		pSMB->InformationLevel = cpu_to_le16(SMB_QUERY_FILE_ALL_INFO);
 	pSMB->Reserved4 = 0;
 	pSMB->hdr.smb_buf_length += byte_count;
 	pSMB->ByteCount = cpu_to_le16(byte_count);
@@ -3029,13 +3033,24 @@
 	} else {		/* decode response */
 		rc = validate_t2((struct smb_t2_rsp *)pSMBr);
 
-		if (rc || (pSMBr->ByteCount < 40)) 
+		if (rc) /* BB add auto retry on EOPNOTSUPP? */
+			rc = -EIO;
+		else if (!legacy && (pSMBr->ByteCount < 40)) 
 			rc = -EIO;	/* bad smb */
+		else if(legacy && (pSMBr->ByteCount < 24))
+			rc = -EIO;  /* 24 or 26 expected but we do not read last field */
 		else if (pFindData){
+			int size;
 			__u16 data_offset = le16_to_cpu(pSMBr->t2.DataOffset);
+			if(legacy) /* we do not read the last field, EAsize, fortunately
+					   since it varies by subdialect and on Set vs. Get, is  
+					   two bytes or 4 bytes depending but we don't care here */
+				size = sizeof(FILE_INFO_STANDARD);
+			else
+				size = sizeof(FILE_ALL_INFO);
 			memcpy((char *) pFindData,
 			       (char *) &pSMBr->hdr.Protocol +
-			       data_offset, sizeof (FILE_ALL_INFO));
+			       data_offset, size);
 		} else
 		    rc = -ENOMEM;
 	}
diff --git a/fs/cifs/inode.c b/fs/cifs/inode.c
index 06dbce3..fe6d21f 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/inode.c
@@ -338,6 +338,7 @@
 		pfindData = (FILE_ALL_INFO *)buf;
 		/* could do find first instead but this returns more info */
 		rc = CIFSSMBQPathInfo(xid, pTcon, search_path, pfindData,
+			      0 /* not legacy */,
 			      cifs_sb->local_nls, cifs_sb->mnt_cifs_flags &
 				CIFS_MOUNT_MAP_SPECIAL_CHR);
 		/* BB optimize code so we do not make the above call
@@ -385,8 +386,10 @@
 		/* get new inode */
 		if (*pinode == NULL) {
 			*pinode = new_inode(sb);
-			if (*pinode == NULL)
+			if (*pinode == NULL) {
+				kfree(buf);
 				return -ENOMEM;
+			}
 			/* Is an i_ino of zero legal? Can we use that to check
 			   if the server supports returning inode numbers?  Are
 			   there other sanity checks we can use to ensure that