diff --git a/fs/smb/client/sess.c b/fs/smb/client/sess.c
index 335c078c42fb..c57ca2050b73 100644
--- a/fs/smb/client/sess.c
+++ b/fs/smb/client/sess.c
@@ -1013,6 +1013,7 @@ setup_ntlm_smb3_neg_ret:
 }
 
 
+/* See MS-NLMP 2.2.1.3 */
 int build_ntlmssp_auth_blob(unsigned char **pbuffer,
 					u16 *buflen,
 				   struct cifs_ses *ses,
@@ -1047,7 +1048,8 @@ int build_ntlmssp_auth_blob(unsigned char **pbuffer,
 
 	flags = ses->ntlmssp->server_flags | NTLMSSP_REQUEST_TARGET |
 		NTLMSSP_NEGOTIATE_TARGET_INFO | NTLMSSP_NEGOTIATE_WORKSTATION_SUPPLIED;
-
+	/* we only send version information in ntlmssp negotiate, so do not set this flag */
+	flags = flags & ~NTLMSSP_NEGOTIATE_VERSION;
 	tmp = *pbuffer + sizeof(AUTHENTICATE_MESSAGE);
 	sec_blob->NegotiateFlags = cpu_to_le32(flags);