diff --git a/ksmbd_netlink.h b/ksmbd_netlink.h
index 1dcba2e72..2db5b9c8b 100644
--- a/ksmbd_netlink.h
+++ b/ksmbd_netlink.h
@@ -163,7 +163,8 @@ struct ksmbd_share_config_response {
 	__u16	force_directory_mode;
 	__u16	force_uid;
 	__u16	force_gid;
-	__u32	reserved[128];		/* Reserved room */
+	__s8	share_name[KSMBD_REQ_MAX_SHARE_NAME];
+	__u32	reserved[112];		/* Reserved room */
 	__u32	veto_list_sz;
 	__s8	____payload[];
 };
diff --git a/mgmt/share_config.c b/mgmt/share_config.c
index 5d039704c..328a41225 100644
--- a/mgmt/share_config.c
+++ b/mgmt/share_config.c
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 #include "user_config.h"
 #include "user_session.h"
 #include "../transport_ipc.h"
+#include "../misc.h"
 
 #define SHARE_HASH_BITS		3
 static DEFINE_HASHTABLE(shares_table, SHARE_HASH_BITS);
@@ -119,7 +120,8 @@ static int parse_veto_list(struct ksmbd_share_config *share,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static struct ksmbd_share_config *share_config_request(const char *name)
+static struct ksmbd_share_config *share_config_request(struct unicode_map *um,
+						       const char *name)
 {
 	struct ksmbd_share_config_response *resp;
 	struct ksmbd_share_config *share = NULL;
@@ -133,6 +135,19 @@ static struct ksmbd_share_config *share_config_request(const char *name)
 	if (resp->flags == KSMBD_SHARE_FLAG_INVALID)
 		goto out;
 
+	if (*resp->share_name) {
+		char *cf_resp_name;
+		bool equal;
+
+		cf_resp_name = ksmbd_casefold_sharename(um, resp->share_name);
+		if (IS_ERR(cf_resp_name))
+			goto out;
+		equal = !strcmp(cf_resp_name, name);
+		kfree(cf_resp_name);
+		if (!equal)
+			goto out;
+	}
+
 	share = kzalloc(sizeof(struct ksmbd_share_config), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!share)
 		goto out;
@@ -190,7 +205,8 @@ static struct ksmbd_share_config *share_config_request(const char *name)
 	return share;
 }
 
-struct ksmbd_share_config *ksmbd_share_config_get(const char *name)
+struct ksmbd_share_config *ksmbd_share_config_get(struct unicode_map *um,
+						  const char *name)
 {
 	struct ksmbd_share_config *share;
 
@@ -202,7 +218,7 @@ struct ksmbd_share_config *ksmbd_share_config_get(const char *name)
 
 	if (share)
 		return share;
-	return share_config_request(name);
+	return share_config_request(um, name);
 }
 
 bool ksmbd_share_veto_filename(struct ksmbd_share_config *share,
diff --git a/mgmt/share_config.h b/mgmt/share_config.h
index 7f7e89ecf..3fd338293 100644
--- a/mgmt/share_config.h
+++ b/mgmt/share_config.h
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include <linux/workqueue.h>
 #include <linux/hashtable.h>
 #include <linux/path.h>
+#include <linux/unicode.h>
 
 struct ksmbd_share_config {
 	char			*name;
@@ -74,7 +75,8 @@ static inline void ksmbd_share_config_put(struct ksmbd_share_config *share)
 	__ksmbd_share_config_put(share);
 }
 
-struct ksmbd_share_config *ksmbd_share_config_get(const char *name);
+struct ksmbd_share_config *ksmbd_share_config_get(struct unicode_map *um,
+						  const char *name);
 bool ksmbd_share_veto_filename(struct ksmbd_share_config *share,
 			       const char *filename);
 #endif /* __SHARE_CONFIG_MANAGEMENT_H__ */
diff --git a/mgmt/tree_connect.c b/mgmt/tree_connect.c
index 08711dea5..ba59a45e1 100644
--- a/mgmt/tree_connect.c
+++ b/mgmt/tree_connect.c
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ ksmbd_tree_conn_connect(struct ksmbd_conn *conn, struct ksmbd_session *sess,
 	struct sockaddr *peer_addr;
 	int ret;
 
-	sc = ksmbd_share_config_get(share_name);
+	sc = ksmbd_share_config_get(conn->um, share_name);
 	if (!sc) {
 		pr_err("Failed to get share config\n");
 		return status;
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ ksmbd_tree_conn_connect(struct ksmbd_conn *conn, struct ksmbd_session *sess,
 		struct ksmbd_share_config *new_sc;
 
 		ksmbd_share_config_del(sc);
-		new_sc = ksmbd_share_config_get(share_name);
+		new_sc = ksmbd_share_config_get(conn->um, share_name);
 		if (!new_sc) {
 			pr_err("Failed to update stale share config\n");
 			status.ret = -ESTALE;
diff --git a/misc.c b/misc.c
index 360d13d38..9a9352ef3 100644
--- a/misc.c
+++ b/misc.c
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ void ksmbd_conv_path_to_windows(char *path)
 	strreplace(path, '/', '\\');
 }
 
-static char *casefold_sharename(struct unicode_map *um, const char *name)
+char *ksmbd_casefold_sharename(struct unicode_map *um, const char *name)
 {
 	char *cf_name;
 	int cf_len;
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ char *ksmbd_extract_sharename(struct unicode_map *um, const char *treename)
 		name = (pos + 1);
 
 	/* caller has to free the memory */
-	return casefold_sharename(um, name);
+	return ksmbd_casefold_sharename(um, name);
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/misc.h b/misc.h
index 884a3ce2d..221ce29ba 100644
--- a/misc.h
+++ b/misc.h
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ int get_nlink(struct kstat *st);
 void ksmbd_conv_path_to_unix(char *path);
 void ksmbd_strip_last_slash(char *path);
 void ksmbd_conv_path_to_windows(char *path);
+char *ksmbd_casefold_sharename(struct unicode_map *um, const char *name);
 char *ksmbd_extract_sharename(struct unicode_map *um, const char *treename);
 char *convert_to_unix_name(struct ksmbd_share_config *share, const char *name);