diff --git a/fs/smb/server/smb2pdu.c b/fs/smb/server/smb2pdu.c
index 6ddfe3fef55f..3e885cdc5ffc 100644
--- a/fs/smb/server/smb2pdu.c
+++ b/fs/smb/server/smb2pdu.c
@@ -6173,8 +6173,10 @@ static noinline int smb2_read_pipe(struct ksmbd_work *work)
 		err = ksmbd_iov_pin_rsp_read(work, (void *)rsp,
 					     offsetof(struct smb2_read_rsp, Buffer),
 					     aux_payload_buf, nbytes);
-		if (err)
+		if (err) {
+			kvfree(aux_payload_buf);
 			goto out;
+		}
 		kvfree(rpc_resp);
 	} else {
 		err = ksmbd_iov_pin_rsp(work, (void *)rsp,
@@ -6384,8 +6386,10 @@ int smb2_read(struct ksmbd_work *work)
 	err = ksmbd_iov_pin_rsp_read(work, (void *)rsp,
 				     offsetof(struct smb2_read_rsp, Buffer),
 				     aux_payload_buf, nbytes);
-	if (err)
+	if (err) {
+		kvfree(aux_payload_buf);
 		goto out;
+	}
 	ksmbd_fd_put(work, fp);
 	return 0;