diff --git a/fs/cifs/file.c b/fs/cifs/file.c
index e7f1773b25d6..df3ee0b6264f 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/file.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/file.c
@@ -2892,7 +2892,9 @@ cifs_read_allocate_pages(struct cifs_readdata *rdata, unsigned int nr_pages)
 	}
 
 	if (rc) {
-		for (i = 0; i < nr_pages; i++) {
+		unsigned int nr_page_failed = i;
+
+		for (i = 0; i < nr_page_failed; i++) {
 			put_page(rdata->pages[i]);
 			rdata->pages[i] = NULL;
 		}