diff --git a/fs/cifs/smbdirect.c b/fs/cifs/smbdirect.c
index 5008af546dd16d6e276953b24b354cd7bb54796d..d611ed0537fd224b4333860d0e78349a8fd05b7a 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/smbdirect.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/smbdirect.c
@@ -2194,6 +2194,8 @@ int smbd_send(struct smbd_connection *info, struct smb_rqst *rqst)
 						goto done;
 				}
 				i++;
+				if (i == rqst->rq_nvec)
+					break;
 			}
 			start = i;
 			buflen = 0;