For tumbleweed, it happens randomly but I can reproduce it manually unmounting a subshare and accessing it again. From wireshark, after I unmounted /mnt/share/dir/share12 and first accessed it, I get (redacted): Create Request File: server\share\dir;GetInfo Request FILE_INFO/SMB2_FILE_ALL_INFO;Close Request Create Response File: server\share\dir;GetInfo Response;Close Response Create Request File: server\share\dir\share12;GetInfo Request FILE_INFO/SMB2_FILE_ALL_INFO;Close Request Create Response, Error: STATUS_PATH_NOT_COVERED;GetInfo Response, Error: STATUS_PATH_NOT_COVERED;Close Response, Error: STATUS_PATH_NOT_COVERED Tree Connect Request Tree: \\server\share Tree Connect Response Create Request File: server\share Create Response File: server\share GetInfo Request FS_INFO/FileFsAttributeInformation File: server\share GetInfo Response GetInfo Request FS_INFO/FileFsDeviceInformation File: server\share GetInfo Response GetInfo Request FS_INFO/FileFsVolumeInformation File: server\share GetInfo Response GetInfo Request FS_INFO/FileFsSectorSizeInformation File: server\share GetInfo Response Close Request File: server\share Close Response Create Request File: server\share\dir\share12 Create Response, Error: STATUS_PATH_NOT_COVERED Tree Disconnect Request Tree Disconnect Response Tree Connect Request Tree: \\server\share12$ Tree Connect Response Create Request File: Create Response File: GetInfo Request FS_INFO/FileFsAttributeInformation File: GetInfo Response GetInfo Request FS_INFO/FileFsDeviceInformation File: GetInfo Response GetInfo Request FS_INFO/FileFsVolumeInformation File: GetInfo Response GetInfo Request FS_INFO/FileFsSectorSizeInformation File: GetInfo Response Close Request File: Close Response Create Request File: Create Response File: Close Request File: Close Response Create Request File: Create Response File: Close Request File: Close Response Tree Disconnect Request Tree Disconnect Response Create Request File: server\share11$;GetInfo Request FILE_INFO/SMB2_FILE_ALL_INFO;Close Request Create Response File: server\share11$;GetInfo Response;Close Response Create Request File: server\share11$;Find Request SMB2_FIND_DIRECTORY_INFO Pattern: * Create Response File: server\share11$;Find Response Find Request File: server\share11$ SMB2_FIND_DIRECTORY_INFO Pattern: * Find Response, Error: STATUS_NO_MORE_FILES Close Request File: server\share11$ Close Response Create Request File: server\share\dir\share08;GetInfo Request FILE_INFO/SMB2_FILE_ALL_INFO;Close Request Create Request File: server\share\dir\share05;GetInfo Request FILE_INFO/SMB2_FILE_ALL_INFO;Close Request Create Request File: server\share\dir\share09;GetInfo Request FILE_INFO/SMB2_FILE_ALL_INFO;Close Request Create Response, Error: STATUS_PATH_NOT_COVERED;GetInfo Response, Error: STATUS_PATH_NOT_COVERED;Close Response, Error: STATUS_PATH_NOT_COVERED Create Request File: ;GetInfo Request FS_INFO/FileFsFullSizeInformation;Close Request Create Response, Error: STATUS_PATH_NOT_COVERED;GetInfo Response, Error: STATUS_PATH_NOT_COVERED;Close Response, Error: STATUS_PATH_NOT_COVERED Create Response, Error: STATUS_PATH_NOT_COVERED;GetInfo Response, Error: STATUS_PATH_NOT_COVERED;Close Response, Error: STATUS_PATH_NOT_COVERED Create Response, Error: STATUS_PATH_NOT_COVERED;GetInfo Response, Error: STATUS_PATH_NOT_COVERED;Close Response, Error: STATUS_PATH_NOT_COVERED Create Response, Error: STATUS_PATH_NOT_COVERED;GetInfo Response, Error: STATUS_PATH_NOT_COVERED;Close Response, Error: STATUS_PATH_NOT_COVERED Create Request File: ;GetInfo Request FS_INFO/FileFsFullSizeInformation;Close Request Create Request File: ;GetInfo Request FS_INFO/FileFsFullSizeInformation;Close Request Create Response File: ;GetInfo Response;Close Response Create Request File: server\share\dir\share10;GetInfo Request FILE_INFO/SMB2_FILE_ALL_INFO;Close Request Create Response, Error: STATUS_PATH_NOT_COVERED;GetInfo Response, Error: STATUS_PATH_NOT_COVERED;Close Response, Error: STATUS_PATH_NOT_COVERED Create Response File: server\share01$;GetInfo Response;Close Response Create Request File: ;GetInfo Request FS_INFO/FileFsFullSizeInformation;Close Request Create Request File: server\share\dir\share02;GetInfo Request FILE_INFO/SMB2_FILE_ALL_INFO;Close Request Create Response, Error: STATUS_PATH_NOT_COVERED;GetInfo Response, Error: STATUS_PATH_NOT_COVERED;Close Response, Error: STATUS_PATH_NOT_COVERED Create Response File: ;GetInfo Response;Close Response Create Request File: server\share02$;GetInfo Request FS_INFO/FileFsFullSizeInformation;Close Request Create Request File: server\share\dir\share11;GetInfo Request FILE_INFO/SMB2_FILE_ALL_INFO;Close Request Create Response, Error: STATUS_PATH_NOT_COVERED;GetInfo Response, Error: STATUS_PATH_NOT_COVERED;Close Response, Error: STATUS_PATH_NOT_COVERED Create Response File: ;GetInfo Response;Close Response Create Request File: server\share11$;GetInfo Request FS_INFO/FileFsFullSizeInformation;Close Request Create Request File: server\share\dir\share07;GetInfo Request FILE_INFO/SMB2_FILE_ALL_INFO;Close Request Create Response, Error: STATUS_PATH_NOT_COVERED;GetInfo Response, Error: STATUS_PATH_NOT_COVERED;Close Response, Error: STATUS_PATH_NOT_COVERED Create Response File: ;GetInfo Response;Close Response Create Request File: server\share07$;GetInfo Request FS_INFO/FileFsFullSizeInformation;Close Request Create Request File: server\share;GetInfo Request FS_INFO/FileFsFullSizeInformation;Close Request Create Response File: ;GetInfo Response;Close Response Create Response File: server\share;GetInfo Response;Close Response Create Request File: server\share\dir\share03;GetInfo Request FILE_INFO/SMB2_FILE_ALL_INFO;Close Request Create Request File: server\share11$;GetInfo Request FS_INFO/FileFsFullSizeInformation;Close Request Create Response File: server\share02$;GetInfo Response;Close Response Create Response, Error: STATUS_PATH_NOT_COVERED;GetInfo Response, Error: STATUS_PATH_NOT_COVERED;Close Response, Error: STATUS_PATH_NOT_COVERED Create Request File: ;GetInfo Request FS_INFO/FileFsFullSizeInformation;Close Request Create Response File: server\share11$;GetInfo Response;Close Response Create Response File: server\share07$;GetInfo Response;Close Response Create Response File: server\share11$;GetInfo Response;Close Response Create Response File: ;GetInfo Response;Close Response It did tried to access \\server\share12$ but it after it accessed \\server\share11$ and mounted it both on /mnt/share/dir/share11 and /mnt/share/dir/share12.