diff --git a/fs/smbfs/request.c b/fs/smbfs/request.c
index 42261dbdf60f172270dff8c70c1942c50a2ce0b3..723f7c6676614f6343ad6d3df7ca850c434eb282 100644
--- a/fs/smbfs/request.c
+++ b/fs/smbfs/request.c
@@ -181,6 +181,7 @@ static int smb_setup_request(struct smb_request *req)
 	req->rq_errno = 0;
 	req->rq_fragment = 0;
 	kfree(req->rq_trans2buffer);
+	req->rq_trans2buffer = NULL;
 
 	return 0;
 }