diff --git a/fs/smb/server/smb2pdu.c b/fs/smb/server/smb2pdu.c
index b6c5a8ea388791d2c6fbb2fc599cc3284f6ff3d3..e7e07891781b36a21db07ef3160de4300e969261 100644
--- a/fs/smb/server/smb2pdu.c
+++ b/fs/smb/server/smb2pdu.c
@@ -630,6 +630,12 @@ smb2_get_name(const char *src, const int maxlen, struct nls_table *local_nls)
 		return name;
 	}
 
+	if (*name == '\\') {
+		pr_err("not allow directory name included leading slash\n");
+		kfree(name);
+		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+	}
+
 	ksmbd_conv_path_to_unix(name);
 	ksmbd_strip_last_slash(name);
 	return name;
@@ -2361,7 +2367,8 @@ static int smb2_set_ea(struct smb2_ea_info *eabuf, unsigned int buf_len,
 			if (rc > 0) {
 				rc = ksmbd_vfs_remove_xattr(idmap,
 							    path,
-							    attr_name);
+							    attr_name,
+							    get_write);
 
 				if (rc < 0) {
 					ksmbd_debug(SMB,
@@ -2376,7 +2383,7 @@ static int smb2_set_ea(struct smb2_ea_info *eabuf, unsigned int buf_len,
 		} else {
 			rc = ksmbd_vfs_setxattr(idmap, path, attr_name, value,
 						le16_to_cpu(eabuf->EaValueLength),
-						0, true);
+						0, get_write);
 			if (rc < 0) {
 				ksmbd_debug(SMB,
 					    "ksmbd_vfs_setxattr is failed(%d)\n",
@@ -2468,7 +2475,7 @@ static int smb2_remove_smb_xattrs(const struct path *path)
 		    !strncmp(&name[XATTR_USER_PREFIX_LEN], STREAM_PREFIX,
 			     STREAM_PREFIX_LEN)) {
 			err = ksmbd_vfs_remove_xattr(idmap, path,
-						     name);
+						     name, true);
 			if (err)
 				ksmbd_debug(SMB, "remove xattr failed : %s\n",
 					    name);
@@ -2842,20 +2849,11 @@ int smb2_open(struct ksmbd_work *work)
 	}
 
 	if (req->NameLength) {
-		if ((req->CreateOptions & FILE_DIRECTORY_FILE_LE) &&
-		    *(char *)req->Buffer == '\\') {
-			pr_err("not allow directory name included leading slash\n");
-			rc = -EINVAL;
-			goto err_out2;
-		}
-
 		name = smb2_get_name((char *)req + le16_to_cpu(req->NameOffset),
 				     le16_to_cpu(req->NameLength),
 				     work->conn->local_nls);
 		if (IS_ERR(name)) {
 			rc = PTR_ERR(name);
-			if (rc != -ENOMEM)
-				rc = -ENOENT;
 			name = NULL;
 			goto err_out2;
 		}
diff --git a/fs/smb/server/vfs.c b/fs/smb/server/vfs.c
index 51b1b0bed616eea98a19e5e470f6aa929c8884b5..9e859ba010cf12ad3263c4cbf29accf6379567a1 100644
--- a/fs/smb/server/vfs.c
+++ b/fs/smb/server/vfs.c
@@ -1058,16 +1058,21 @@ int ksmbd_vfs_fqar_lseek(struct ksmbd_file *fp, loff_t start, loff_t length,
 }
 
 int ksmbd_vfs_remove_xattr(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
-			   const struct path *path, char *attr_name)
+			   const struct path *path, char *attr_name,
+			   bool get_write)
 {
 	int err;
 
-	err = mnt_want_write(path->mnt);
-	if (err)
-		return err;
+	if (get_write == true) {
+		err = mnt_want_write(path->mnt);
+		if (err)
+			return err;
+	}
 
 	err = vfs_removexattr(idmap, path->dentry, attr_name);
-	mnt_drop_write(path->mnt);
+
+	if (get_write == true)
+		mnt_drop_write(path->mnt);
 
 	return err;
 }
@@ -1380,7 +1385,7 @@ int ksmbd_vfs_remove_sd_xattrs(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, const struct path *path)
 		ksmbd_debug(SMB, "%s, len %zd\n", name, strlen(name));
 
 		if (!strncmp(name, XATTR_NAME_SD, XATTR_NAME_SD_LEN)) {
-			err = ksmbd_vfs_remove_xattr(idmap, path, name);
+			err = ksmbd_vfs_remove_xattr(idmap, path, name, true);
 			if (err)
 				ksmbd_debug(SMB, "remove xattr failed : %s\n", name);
 		}
diff --git a/fs/smb/server/vfs.h b/fs/smb/server/vfs.h
index cfe1c8092f2302f2cd0ea7cf5b42f1357160981f..cb76f4b5bafe8c15e6c0fd621b209ed4c63402a4 100644
--- a/fs/smb/server/vfs.h
+++ b/fs/smb/server/vfs.h
@@ -114,7 +114,8 @@ int ksmbd_vfs_setxattr(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
 int ksmbd_vfs_xattr_stream_name(char *stream_name, char **xattr_stream_name,
 				size_t *xattr_stream_name_size, int s_type);
 int ksmbd_vfs_remove_xattr(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
-			   const struct path *path, char *attr_name);
+			   const struct path *path, char *attr_name,
+			   bool get_write);
 int ksmbd_vfs_kern_path_locked(struct ksmbd_work *work, char *name,
 			       unsigned int flags, struct path *parent_path,
 			       struct path *path, bool caseless);
diff --git a/fs/smb/server/vfs_cache.c b/fs/smb/server/vfs_cache.c
index 6cb599cd287ee44153a8278d40fbcbd8d2f49cb7..8b2e37c8716ed70e3805ea2c309eef15a941c33e 100644
--- a/fs/smb/server/vfs_cache.c
+++ b/fs/smb/server/vfs_cache.c
@@ -254,7 +254,8 @@ static void __ksmbd_inode_close(struct ksmbd_file *fp)
 		ci->m_flags &= ~S_DEL_ON_CLS_STREAM;
 		err = ksmbd_vfs_remove_xattr(file_mnt_idmap(filp),
 					     &filp->f_path,
-					     fp->stream.name);
+					     fp->stream.name,
+					     true);
 		if (err)
 			pr_err("remove xattr failed : %s\n",
 			       fp->stream.name);