diff --git a/source3/libsmb/clifile.c b/source3/libsmb/clifile.c
index 7d72dc82858..49e58c0d252 100644
--- a/source3/libsmb/clifile.c
+++ b/source3/libsmb/clifile.c
@@ -5486,13 +5486,43 @@ static void cli_posix_unlink_internal_done(struct tevent_req *subreq)
 	tevent_req_simple_finish_ntstatus(subreq, status);
 }
 
+static NTSTATUS cli_posix_unlink_internal_recv(struct tevent_req *req)
+{
+	return tevent_req_simple_recv_ntstatus(req);
+}
+
+struct cli_posix_unlink_state {
+	uint8_t dummy;
+};
+
+static void cli_posix_unlink_done(struct tevent_req *subreq);
+
 struct tevent_req *cli_posix_unlink_send(TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx,
 					struct tevent_context *ev,
 					struct cli_state *cli,
 					const char *fname)
 {
-	return cli_posix_unlink_internal_send(mem_ctx, ev, cli, fname,
-					      SMB_POSIX_UNLINK_FILE_TARGET);
+	struct tevent_req *req = NULL, *subreq = NULL;
+	struct cli_posix_unlink_state *state;
+
+	req = tevent_req_create(
+		mem_ctx, &state, struct cli_posix_unlink_state);
+	if (req == NULL) {
+		return NULL;
+	}
+	subreq = cli_posix_unlink_internal_send(
+		mem_ctx, ev, cli, fname, SMB_POSIX_UNLINK_FILE_TARGET);
+	if (tevent_req_nomem(subreq, req)) {
+		return tevent_req_post(req, ev);
+	}
+	tevent_req_set_callback(subreq, cli_posix_unlink_done, req);
+	return req;
+}
+
+static void cli_posix_unlink_done(struct tevent_req *subreq)
+{
+	NTSTATUS status = cli_posix_unlink_internal_recv(subreq);
+	tevent_req_simple_finish_ntstatus(subreq, status);
 }
 
 NTSTATUS cli_posix_unlink_recv(struct tevent_req *req)
@@ -5549,14 +5579,37 @@ NTSTATUS cli_posix_unlink(struct cli_state *cli, const char *fname)
  rmdir - POSIX semantics.
 ****************************************************************************/
 
+struct cli_posix_rmdir_state {
+	uint8_t dummy;
+};
+
+static void cli_posix_rmdir_done(struct tevent_req *subreq);
+
 struct tevent_req *cli_posix_rmdir_send(TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx,
 					struct tevent_context *ev,
 					struct cli_state *cli,
 					const char *fname)
 {
-	return cli_posix_unlink_internal_send(
-		mem_ctx, ev, cli, fname,
-		SMB_POSIX_UNLINK_DIRECTORY_TARGET);
+	struct tevent_req *req = NULL, *subreq = NULL;
+	struct cli_posix_rmdir_state *state;
+
+	req = tevent_req_create(mem_ctx, &state, struct cli_posix_rmdir_state);
+	if (req == NULL) {
+		return NULL;
+	}
+	subreq = cli_posix_unlink_internal_send(
+		mem_ctx, ev, cli, fname, SMB_POSIX_UNLINK_DIRECTORY_TARGET);
+	if (tevent_req_nomem(subreq, req)) {
+		return tevent_req_post(req, ev);
+	}
+	tevent_req_set_callback(subreq, cli_posix_rmdir_done, req);
+	return req;
+}
+
+static void cli_posix_rmdir_done(struct tevent_req *subreq)
+{
+	NTSTATUS status = cli_posix_unlink_internal_recv(subreq);
+	tevent_req_simple_finish_ntstatus(subreq, status);
 }
 
 NTSTATUS cli_posix_rmdir_recv(struct tevent_req *req, TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx)