file->access_date = hfsp_now2mt();
                if (cnid == inode->i_ino) {
                        hfsplus_set_perms(inode, &file->permissions);
-                       file->user_info.fdType = cpu_to_be32(HFSPLUS_SB(inode->i_sb).type);
-                       file->user_info.fdCreator = cpu_to_be32(HFSPLUS_SB(inode->i_sb).creator);
+                       if (S_ISLNK(inode->i_mode)) {
+                               file->user_info.fdType = cpu_to_be32(HFSP_SYMLINK_TYPE);
+                               file->user_info.fdCreator = cpu_to_be32(HFSP_SYMLINK_CREATOR);
+                       } else {
+                               file->user_info.fdType = cpu_to_be32(HFSPLUS_SB(inode->i_sb).type);
+                               file->user_info.fdCreator = cpu_to_be32(HFSPLUS_SB(inode->i_sb).creator);
+                       }
                        if ((file->permissions.rootflags | file->permissions.userflags) & HFSPLUS_FLG_IMMUTABLE)
                                file->flags |= cpu_to_be16(HFSPLUS_FILE_LOCKED);
                } else {
 
 #define HFSP_HARDLINK_TYPE     0x686c6e6b      /* 'hlnk' */
 #define HFSP_HFSPLUS_CREATOR   0x6866732b      /* 'hfs+' */
 
+#define HFSP_SYMLINK_TYPE      0x736c6e6b      /* 'slnk' */
+#define HFSP_SYMLINK_CREATOR   0x72686170      /* 'rhap' */
+
 #define HFSP_MOUNT_VERSION     0x482b4c78      /* 'H+Lx' */
 
 /* Structures used on disk */