1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c b/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c
index 7cc7f83e931..e1f90a3a016 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c
@@ -1430,6 +1430,8 @@ CIFSSMBWrite(const int xid, struct cifsTconInfo *tcon,
         __u32 bytes_sent;
         __u16 byte_count;
 
+        *nbytes = 0;
+
         /* cFYI(1, ("write at %lld %d bytes", offset, count));*/
         if (tcon->ses == NULL)
                 return -ECONNABORTED;
@@ -1512,7 +1514,6 @@ CIFSSMBWrite(const int xid, struct cifsTconInfo *tcon,
         cifs_stats_inc(&tcon->num_writes);
         if (rc) {
                 cFYI(1, ("Send error in write = %d", rc));
-                *nbytes = 0;
         } else {
                 *nbytes = le16_to_cpu(pSMBr->CountHigh);
                 *nbytes = (*nbytes) << 16;