diff --git a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/auth_gss.c b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/auth_gss.c
index 16cea00c959b..591d378d1a18 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/auth_gss.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/auth_gss.c
@@ -1736,6 +1736,7 @@ priv_release_snd_buf(struct rpc_rqst *rqstp)
 	for (i=0; i < rqstp->rq_enc_pages_num; i++)
 		__free_page(rqstp->rq_enc_pages[i]);
 	kfree(rqstp->rq_enc_pages);
+	rqstp->rq_release_snd_buf = NULL;
 }
 
 static int
@@ -1744,6 +1745,9 @@ alloc_enc_pages(struct rpc_rqst *rqstp)
 	struct xdr_buf *snd_buf = &rqstp->rq_snd_buf;
 	int first, last, i;
 
+	if (rqstp->rq_release_snd_buf)
+		rqstp->rq_release_snd_buf(rqstp);
+
 	if (snd_buf->page_len == 0) {
 		rqstp->rq_enc_pages_num = 0;
 		return 0;