diff --git a/src/sys/create.c b/src/sys/create.c
index 03a5a1c8..00e205d9 100644
--- a/src/sys/create.c
+++ b/src/sys/create.c
@@ -124,8 +124,6 @@ static NTSTATUS FspFsvolCreate(
         FlagOn(Flags, SL_FORCE_ACCESS_CHECK) ? UserMode : Irp->RequestorMode;
     BOOLEAN HasTraversePrivilege =
         BooleanFlagOn(AccessState->Flags, TOKEN_HAS_TRAVERSE_PRIVILEGE);
-    BOOLEAN IsAbsoluteSecurityDescriptor = FALSE;
-    BOOLEAN IsSelfRelativeSecurityDescriptor = FALSE;
     BOOLEAN HasTrailingBackslash = FALSE;
     FSP_FILE_NODE *FileNode, *RelatedFileNode;
     FSP_FILE_DESC *FileDesc;
@@ -144,27 +142,16 @@ static NTSTATUS FspFsvolCreate(
         return STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED;
 
     /* check create options */
-    if (FlagOn(CreateOptions, FILE_NON_DIRECTORY_FILE) && FlagOn(CreateOptions, FILE_DIRECTORY_FILE))
+    if (FlagOn(CreateOptions, FILE_NON_DIRECTORY_FILE) &&
+        FlagOn(CreateOptions, FILE_DIRECTORY_FILE))
         return STATUS_INVALID_PARAMETER;
 
     /* check security descriptor validity */
     if (0 != SecurityDescriptor)
     {
-        IsAbsoluteSecurityDescriptor = RtlValidSecurityDescriptor(SecurityDescriptor);
-        if (IsAbsoluteSecurityDescriptor)
-        {
-            Result = RtlAbsoluteToSelfRelativeSD(SecurityDescriptor, 0, &SecurityDescriptorSize);
-            if (STATUS_BUFFER_TOO_SMALL != Result)
-                return STATUS_INVALID_PARAMETER;
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            SecurityDescriptorSize = RtlLengthSecurityDescriptor(SecurityDescriptor);
-            IsSelfRelativeSecurityDescriptor = RtlValidRelativeSecurityDescriptor(
-                SecurityDescriptor, SecurityDescriptorSize, 0);
-            if (!IsSelfRelativeSecurityDescriptor)
-                return STATUS_INVALID_PARAMETER;
-        }
+        if (!RtlValidSecurityDescriptor(SecurityDescriptor))
+            return STATUS_INVALID_PARAMETER;
+        SecurityDescriptorSize = RtlLengthSecurityDescriptor(SecurityDescriptor);
     }
 
     /* according to fastfat, filenames that begin with two backslashes are ok */
@@ -323,19 +310,8 @@ static NTSTATUS FspFsvolCreate(
     Request->Req.Create.OpenTargetDirectory = BooleanFlagOn(Flags, SL_OPEN_TARGET_DIRECTORY);
     Request->Req.Create.CaseSensitive = BooleanFlagOn(Flags, SL_CASE_SENSITIVE);
 
-    /* copy the security descriptor into the request */
-    if (IsAbsoluteSecurityDescriptor)
-    {
-        Result = RtlAbsoluteToSelfRelativeSD(SecurityDescriptor,
-            Request->Buffer + Request->Req.Create.SecurityDescriptor.Offset, &SecurityDescriptorSize);
-        if (!NT_SUCCESS(Result))
-        {
-            if (STATUS_BAD_DESCRIPTOR_FORMAT == Result || STATUS_BUFFER_TOO_SMALL == Result)
-                Result = STATUS_INVALID_PARAMETER; /* should not happen */
-            return Result;
-        }
-    }
-    else if (IsSelfRelativeSecurityDescriptor)
+    /* copy the security descriptor (if any) into the request */
+    if (0 != SecurityDescriptorSize)
         RtlCopyMemory(Request->Buffer + Request->Req.Create.SecurityDescriptor.Offset,
             SecurityDescriptor, SecurityDescriptorSize);
 
diff --git a/tst/winfsp-tests/create-test.c b/tst/winfsp-tests/create-test.c
index 68816964..7644dc8c 100644
--- a/tst/winfsp-tests/create-test.c
+++ b/tst/winfsp-tests/create-test.c
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #include <winfsp/winfsp.h>
 #include <tlib/testsuite.h>
+#include <sddl.h>
 #include <strsafe.h>
 #include "memfs.h"
 
@@ -110,7 +111,64 @@ void create_test(void)
         create_dotest(MemfsNet, L"\\\\memfs\\share");
 }
 
+void create_sd_dotest(ULONG Flags, PWSTR Prefix)
+{
+    void *memfs = memfs_start(Flags);
+
+    static PWSTR Sddl = L"D:P(A;;GA;;;SY)(A;;GA;;;BA)(A;;GA;;;WD)";
+    PSECURITY_DESCRIPTOR SecurityDescriptor;
+    SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES SecurityAttributes = { 0 };
+    HANDLE Handle;
+    BOOLEAN Success;
+    WCHAR FilePath[MAX_PATH];
+
+    Success = ConvertStringSecurityDescriptorToSecurityDescriptorW(Sddl, SDDL_REVISION_1, &SecurityDescriptor, 0);
+    ASSERT(Success);
+
+    SecurityAttributes.nLength = sizeof SecurityAttributes;
+    SecurityAttributes.lpSecurityDescriptor = SecurityDescriptor;
+
+    StringCbPrintfW(FilePath, sizeof FilePath, L"%s%s\\file0",
+        Prefix ? L"" : L"\\\\?\\GLOBALROOT", Prefix ? Prefix : memfs_volumename(memfs));
+
+    Handle = CreateFileW(FilePath,
+        GENERIC_READ | GENERIC_WRITE, FILE_SHARE_READ | FILE_SHARE_WRITE, &SecurityAttributes,
+        CREATE_NEW, FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL, 0);
+    ASSERT(INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE != Handle);
+    CloseHandle(Handle);
+
+    Handle = CreateFileW(FilePath,
+        GENERIC_READ | GENERIC_WRITE, FILE_SHARE_READ | FILE_SHARE_WRITE, 0, OPEN_EXISTING, FILE_FLAG_DELETE_ON_CLOSE, 0);
+    ASSERT(INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE != Handle);
+    CloseHandle(Handle);
+
+    StringCbPrintfW(FilePath, sizeof FilePath, L"%s%s\\dir1",
+        Prefix ? L"" : L"\\\\?\\GLOBALROOT", Prefix ? Prefix : memfs_volumename(memfs));
+
+    Success = CreateDirectory(FilePath, &SecurityAttributes);
+    ASSERT(Success);
+
+    Handle = CreateFileW(FilePath,
+        GENERIC_READ | GENERIC_WRITE, FILE_SHARE_READ | FILE_SHARE_WRITE, 0, OPEN_EXISTING,
+        FILE_FLAG_BACKUP_SEMANTICS | FILE_FLAG_DELETE_ON_CLOSE, 0);
+    ASSERT(INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE != Handle);
+    CloseHandle(Handle);
+
+    LocalFree(SecurityDescriptor);
+
+    memfs_stop(memfs);
+}
+
+void create_sd_test(void)
+{
+    if (WinFspDiskTests)
+        create_sd_dotest(MemfsDisk, 0);
+    if (0 && WinFspNetTests)
+        create_sd_dotest(MemfsNet, L"\\\\memfs\\share");
+}
+
 void create_tests(void)
 {
     TEST(create_test);
+    TEST(create_sd_test);
 }