diff --git a/fs/cifs/inode.c b/fs/cifs/inode.c
index dffe295825f4..1ad8c9fcc742 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/inode.c
@@ -1089,8 +1089,10 @@ int cifs_getattr(struct vfsmount *mnt, struct dentry *dentry,
 	struct kstat *stat)
 {
 	int err = cifs_revalidate(dentry);
-	if (!err)
+	if (!err) {
 		generic_fillattr(dentry->d_inode, stat);
+		stat->blksize = CIFS_MAX_MSGSIZE;
+	}
 	return err;
 }