diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/syscalls.cc b/winsup/cygwin/syscalls.cc
index f8712e92d..faee928bf 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/syscalls.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/syscalls.cc
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ try_to_bin (path_conv &pc, HANDLE &fh, ACCESS_MASK access, ULONG flags)
      names. */
   RtlAppendUnicodeToString (&recycler,
 			    (pc.fs_flags () & FILE_UNICODE_ON_DISK
-			     && !pc.fs_is_samba ())
+			     && !pc.fs_is_samba () && !pc.fs_is_netapp ())
 			    ? L".\xdc63\xdc79\xdc67" : L".cyg");
   pfii = (PFILE_INTERNAL_INFORMATION) infobuf;
   /* Note: Modern Samba versions apparently don't like buffer sizes of more