diff --git a/fs/cifs/connect.c b/fs/cifs/connect.c
index 5b97e56ddbca..e3bc39bb9d12 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/connect.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/connect.c
@@ -3279,8 +3279,8 @@ build_unc_path_to_root(const struct smb_vol *vol,
 	pos = full_path + unc_len;
 
 	if (pplen) {
-		*pos++ = CIFS_DIR_SEP(cifs_sb);
-		strncpy(pos, vol->prepath, pplen);
+		*pos = CIFS_DIR_SEP(cifs_sb);
+		strncpy(pos + 1, vol->prepath, pplen);
 		pos += pplen;
 	}