diff --git a/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c b/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c
index f54d07bda067c224c3bac6f511458330dbcc502e..dba986524917656a605ea935bcc50c8fff55cf2d 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c
@@ -3185,12 +3185,14 @@ smb2_async_readv(struct cifs_readdata *rdata)
 	if (rdata->credits) {
 		shdr->CreditCharge = cpu_to_le16(DIV_ROUND_UP(rdata->bytes,
 						SMB2_MAX_BUFFER_SIZE));
-		shdr->CreditRequest = shdr->CreditCharge;
+		shdr->CreditRequest =
+			cpu_to_le16(le16_to_cpu(shdr->CreditCharge) + 1);
 		spin_lock(&server->req_lock);
 		server->credits += rdata->credits -
 						le16_to_cpu(shdr->CreditCharge);
 		spin_unlock(&server->req_lock);
 		wake_up(&server->request_q);
+		rdata->credits = le16_to_cpu(shdr->CreditCharge);
 		flags |= CIFS_HAS_CREDITS;
 	}
 
@@ -3462,12 +3464,14 @@ smb2_async_writev(struct cifs_writedata *wdata,
 	if (wdata->credits) {
 		shdr->CreditCharge = cpu_to_le16(DIV_ROUND_UP(wdata->bytes,
 						    SMB2_MAX_BUFFER_SIZE));
-		shdr->CreditRequest = shdr->CreditCharge;
+		shdr->CreditRequest =
+			cpu_to_le16(le16_to_cpu(shdr->CreditCharge) + 1);
 		spin_lock(&server->req_lock);
 		server->credits += wdata->credits -
 						le16_to_cpu(shdr->CreditCharge);
 		spin_unlock(&server->req_lock);
 		wake_up(&server->request_q);
+		wdata->credits = le16_to_cpu(shdr->CreditCharge);
 		flags |= CIFS_HAS_CREDITS;
 	}