diff --git a/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c b/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c
index fd2d199dd413..7936eac5a38a 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c
@@ -2699,6 +2699,7 @@ SMB2_read(const unsigned int xid, struct cifs_io_parms *io_parms,
 			cifs_dbg(VFS, "Send error in read = %d\n", rc);
 		}
 		free_rsp_buf(resp_buftype, rsp_iov.iov_base);
+		cifs_small_buf_release(req);
 		return rc == -ENODATA ? 0 : rc;
 	}