diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5fa6636..d3b299e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
   * This avoid having to call `stat()` to retrieve data like the file attributes or datetime fields that is already available
 * Ensure `DateTimeField` values are set to `UTC` timezones as FILETIME values are in UTC
 * Stop using `datetime.datetime.utcfromtimestamp()` as it has been deprecated
+* Avoid setting DFS request when the server does not report it is capable of DFS operations.
 
 ## 1.12.0 - 2023-11-09
 
diff --git a/src/smbprotocol/connection.py b/src/smbprotocol/connection.py
index be06a40..73b9094 100644
--- a/src/smbprotocol/connection.py
+++ b/src/smbprotocol/connection.py
@@ -1198,7 +1198,7 @@ def _send(
             if tree_id not in session.tree_connect_table:
                 raise SMBException("Cannot find Tree with the ID %d in the session tree table" % tree_id)
             tree = session.tree_connect_table[tree_id]
-            is_dfs = tree.is_dfs_share
+            is_dfs = self.server_capabilities.has_flag(Capabilities.SMB2_GLOBAL_CAP_DFS) and tree.is_dfs_share
 
         total_requests = len(messages)
         for i, message in enumerate(messages):