diff --git a/fs/cifs/connect.c b/fs/cifs/connect.c
index c3b94c1e45913..e6e261dfd1079 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/connect.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/connect.c
@@ -794,7 +794,6 @@ static void clean_demultiplex_info(struct TCP_Server_Info *server)
 		 */
 	}
 
-	kfree(server->hostname);
 	kfree(server);
 
 	length = atomic_dec_return(&tcpSesAllocCount);
@@ -1235,6 +1234,9 @@ static int match_server(struct TCP_Server_Info *server, struct smb3_fs_context *
 	if (!net_eq(cifs_net_ns(server), current->nsproxy->net_ns))
 		return 0;
 
+	if (strcasecmp(server->hostname, ctx->server_hostname))
+		return 0;
+
 	if (!match_address(server, addr,
 			   (struct sockaddr *)&ctx->srcaddr))
 		return 0;
@@ -1336,6 +1338,7 @@ cifs_put_tcp_session(struct TCP_Server_Info *server, int from_reconnect)
 	kfree(server->session_key.response);
 	server->session_key.response = NULL;
 	server->session_key.len = 0;
+	kfree(server->hostname);
 
 	task = xchg(&server->tsk, NULL);
 	if (task)
@@ -1361,14 +1364,15 @@ cifs_get_tcp_session(struct smb3_fs_context *ctx)
 		goto out_err;
 	}
 
+	tcp_ses->hostname = kstrdup(ctx->server_hostname, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!tcp_ses->hostname) {
+		rc = -ENOMEM;
+		goto out_err;
+	}
+
 	tcp_ses->ops = ctx->ops;
 	tcp_ses->vals = ctx->vals;
 	cifs_set_net_ns(tcp_ses, get_net(current->nsproxy->net_ns));
-	tcp_ses->hostname = extract_hostname(ctx->UNC);
-	if (IS_ERR(tcp_ses->hostname)) {
-		rc = PTR_ERR(tcp_ses->hostname);
-		goto out_err_crypto_release;
-	}
 
 	tcp_ses->conn_id = atomic_inc_return(&tcpSesNextId);
 	tcp_ses->noblockcnt = ctx->rootfs;
@@ -1497,8 +1501,7 @@ cifs_get_tcp_session(struct smb3_fs_context *ctx)
 
 out_err:
 	if (tcp_ses) {
-		if (!IS_ERR(tcp_ses->hostname))
-			kfree(tcp_ses->hostname);
+		kfree(tcp_ses->hostname);
 		if (tcp_ses->ssocket)
 			sock_release(tcp_ses->ssocket);
 		kfree(tcp_ses);
diff --git a/fs/cifs/fs_context.c b/fs/cifs/fs_context.c
index 3109def8e1998..4130908af8d77 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/fs_context.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/fs_context.c
@@ -318,6 +318,7 @@ smb3_fs_context_dup(struct smb3_fs_context *new_ctx, struct smb3_fs_context *ctx
 	DUP_CTX_STR(mount_options);
 	DUP_CTX_STR(username);
 	DUP_CTX_STR(password);
+	DUP_CTX_STR(server_hostname);
 	DUP_CTX_STR(UNC);
 	DUP_CTX_STR(source);
 	DUP_CTX_STR(domainname);
@@ -456,6 +457,11 @@ smb3_parse_devname(const char *devname, struct smb3_fs_context *ctx)
 	if (!pos)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
+	/* record the server hostname */
+	ctx->server_hostname = kstrndup(devname + 2, pos - devname - 2, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!ctx->server_hostname)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
 	/* skip past delimiter */
 	++pos;
 
@@ -1496,6 +1502,8 @@ smb3_cleanup_fs_context_contents(struct smb3_fs_context *ctx)
 	ctx->username = NULL;
 	kfree_sensitive(ctx->password);
 	ctx->password = NULL;
+	kfree(ctx->server_hostname);
+	ctx->server_hostname = NULL;
 	kfree(ctx->UNC);
 	ctx->UNC = NULL;
 	kfree(ctx->source);
diff --git a/fs/cifs/fs_context.h b/fs/cifs/fs_context.h
index a42ba71d7a81f..29601a4eb4116 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/fs_context.h
+++ b/fs/cifs/fs_context.h
@@ -166,6 +166,7 @@ struct smb3_fs_context {
 	char *password;
 	char *domainname;
 	char *source;
+	char *server_hostname;
 	char *UNC;
 	char *nodename;
 	char *iocharset;  /* local code page for mapping to and from Unicode */