diff --git a/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c b/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c
index b8f7262ac35412f3d1f13743ba4555f8756018b5..a37774a55f3aa1b8598ebd30b063fff67d4cb32f 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c
@@ -3466,6 +3466,7 @@ SMB2_read(const unsigned int xid, struct cifs_io_parms *io_parms,
 				    io_parms->tcon->tid, ses->Suid,
 				    io_parms->offset, 0);
 		free_rsp_buf(resp_buftype, rsp_iov.iov_base);
+		cifs_small_buf_release(req);
 		return rc == -ENODATA ? 0 : rc;
 	} else
 		trace_smb3_read_done(xid, req->PersistentFileId,