diff --git a/fs/smb/client/smb2pdu.c b/fs/smb/client/smb2pdu.c
index 4ce165e40657..b885060be200 100644
--- a/fs/smb/client/smb2pdu.c
+++ b/fs/smb/client/smb2pdu.c
@@ -4564,8 +4564,10 @@ smb2_new_read_req(void **buf, unsigned int *total_len,
 	if (rc)
 		return rc;
 
-	if (server == NULL)
-		return -ECONNABORTED;
+	if (!server) {
+		rc = -ECONNABORTED;
+		goto free_req;
+	}
 
 	shdr = &req->hdr;
 	shdr->Id.SyncId.ProcessId = cpu_to_le32(io_parms->pid);
@@ -4596,8 +4598,10 @@ smb2_new_read_req(void **buf, unsigned int *total_len,
 
 		rdata->mr = smbd_register_mr(server->smbd_conn, &rdata->subreq.io_iter,
 					     true, need_invalidate);
-		if (!rdata->mr)
-			return -EAGAIN;
+		if (!rdata->mr) {
+			rc = -EAGAIN;
+			goto free_req;
+		}
 
 		req->Channel = SMB2_CHANNEL_RDMA_V1_INVALIDATE;
 		if (need_invalidate)
@@ -4638,6 +4642,10 @@ smb2_new_read_req(void **buf, unsigned int *total_len,
 
 	*buf = req;
 	return rc;
+
+free_req:
+	cifs_small_buf_release(req);
+	return rc;
 }
 
 static void