diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c b/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c
index 76fcb50295a38b63a58a0d3f656d023e02b988a8..3da077afad1fe01b4da22a1010e49572b64317c3 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c
@@ -1447,10 +1447,8 @@ cifs_readv_receive(struct TCP_Server_Info *server, struct mid_q_entry *mid)
 	len = min_t(unsigned int, buflen, server->vals->read_rsp_size) -
 							HEADER_SIZE(server) + 1;
 
-	rdata->iov.iov_base = buf + HEADER_SIZE(server) - 1;
-	rdata->iov.iov_len = len;
-
-	length = cifs_readv_from_socket(server, &rdata->iov, 1, len);
+	length = cifs_read_from_socket(server,
+				       buf + HEADER_SIZE(server) - 1, len);
 	if (length < 0)
 		return length;
 	server->total_read += length;
@@ -1502,9 +1500,8 @@ cifs_readv_receive(struct TCP_Server_Info *server, struct mid_q_entry *mid)
 	len = data_offset - server->total_read;
 	if (len > 0) {
 		/* read any junk before data into the rest of smallbuf */
-		rdata->iov.iov_base = buf + server->total_read;
-		rdata->iov.iov_len = len;
-		length = cifs_readv_from_socket(server, &rdata->iov, 1, len);
+		length = cifs_read_from_socket(server,
+					       buf + server->total_read, len);
 		if (length < 0)
 			return length;
 		server->total_read += length;