diff --git a/fs/smb/client/namespace.c b/fs/smb/client/namespace.c
index a6968573b775..4a517b280f2b 100644
--- a/fs/smb/client/namespace.c
+++ b/fs/smb/client/namespace.c
@@ -168,6 +168,21 @@ static char *automount_fullpath(struct dentry *dentry, void *page)
 	return s;
 }
 
+static void fs_context_set_ids(struct smb3_fs_context *ctx)
+{
+	kuid_t uid = current_fsuid();
+	kgid_t gid = current_fsgid();
+
+	if (ctx->multiuser) {
+		if (!ctx->uid_specified)
+			ctx->linux_uid = uid;
+		if (!ctx->gid_specified)
+			ctx->linux_gid = gid;
+	}
+	if (!ctx->cruid_specified)
+		ctx->cred_uid = uid;
+}
+
 /*
  * Create a vfsmount that we can automount
  */
@@ -205,6 +220,7 @@ static struct vfsmount *cifs_do_automount(struct path *path)
 	tmp.leaf_fullpath = NULL;
 	tmp.UNC = tmp.prepath = NULL;
 	tmp.dfs_root_ses = NULL;
+	fs_context_set_ids(&tmp);
 
 	rc = smb3_fs_context_dup(ctx, &tmp);
 	if (rc) {