diff --git a/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c b/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c
index 01346b8b6edb..66af1f8a13cc 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c
@@ -733,8 +733,7 @@ int smb3_validate_negotiate(const unsigned int xid, struct cifs_tcon *tcon)
 	}
 
 	/* check validate negotiate info response matches what we got earlier */
-	if (pneg_rsp->Dialect !=
-			cpu_to_le16(tcon->ses->server->vals->protocol_id))
+	if (pneg_rsp->Dialect != cpu_to_le16(tcon->ses->server->dialect))
 		goto vneg_out;
 
 	if (pneg_rsp->SecurityMode != cpu_to_le16(tcon->ses->server->sec_mode))