diff --git a/source3/include/smb.h b/source3/include/smb.h
index b87caf2..2b397cc 100644
--- a/source3/include/smb.h
+++ b/source3/include/smb.h
@@ -1211,8 +1211,7 @@ struct bitmap {
 					FILE_ATTRIBUTE_HIDDEN|\
 					FILE_ATTRIBUTE_SYSTEM|\
 					FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY|\
-					FILE_ATTRIBUTE_ARCHIVE|\
-					FILE_ATTRIBUTE_SPARSE)
+					FILE_ATTRIBUTE_ARCHIVE)
 
 /* Flags - combined with attributes. */
 #define FILE_FLAG_WRITE_THROUGH    0x80000000L
diff --git a/source3/smbd/dosmode.c b/source3/smbd/dosmode.c
index 628f887..2c6dcd0 100644
--- a/source3/smbd/dosmode.c
+++ b/source3/smbd/dosmode.c
@@ -318,7 +318,8 @@ static bool get_ea_dos_attribute(connection_struct *conn,
 	if (S_ISDIR(smb_fname->st.st_ex_mode)) {
 		dosattr |= aDIR;
 	}
-	*pattr = (uint32)(dosattr & SAMBA_ATTRIBUTES_MASK);
+	/* FILE_ATTRIBUTE_SPARSE is valid on get but not on set. */
+	*pattr = (uint32)(dosattr & (SAMBA_ATTRIBUTES_MASK|FILE_ATTRIBUTE_SPARSE));
 
 	DEBUG(8,("get_ea_dos_attribute returning (0x%x)", dosattr));