diff --git a/fs/cifs/smb2ops.c b/fs/cifs/smb2ops.c
index 67edd6e03f80..fffba1b1da2e 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/smb2ops.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/smb2ops.c
@@ -629,6 +629,8 @@ smb2_clone_range(const unsigned int xid,
 			cpu_to_le32(min_t(u32, len, tcon->max_bytes_chunk));
 
 		/* Request server copy to target from src identified by key */
+		kfree(retbuf);
+		retbuf = NULL;
 		rc = SMB2_ioctl(xid, tcon, trgtfile->fid.persistent_fid,
 			trgtfile->fid.volatile_fid, FSCTL_SRV_COPYCHUNK_WRITE,
 			true /* is_fsctl */, (char *)pcchunk,