diff --git a/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c b/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c
index af032e1a3eac7adaf0570f5923e0ba6164e8ed6b..328e23abd241bd0c4e8f9fc5ffbf328cf2680e80 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c
@@ -990,8 +990,9 @@ SMB2_sess_alloc_buffer(struct SMB2_sess_data *sess_data)
 	req->PreviousSessionId = sess_data->previous_session;
 
 	req->Flags = 0; /* MBZ */
-	/* to enable echos and oplocks */
-	req->sync_hdr.CreditRequest = cpu_to_le16(3);
+
+	/* enough to enable echos and oplocks and one max size write */
+	req->sync_hdr.CreditRequest = cpu_to_le16(130);
 
 	/* only one of SMB2 signing flags may be set in SMB2 request */
 	if (server->sign)