diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
index 1754bf5d7..2d36e335c 100755
--- a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
@@ -1076,6 +1076,7 @@ const struct inode_operations cifs_file_inode_ops = {
 
 const struct inode_operations cifs_symlink_inode_ops = {
 	.get_link = cifs_get_link,
+	.setattr = cifs_setattr,
 	.permission = cifs_permission,
 	.listxattr = cifs_listxattr,
 };