2 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/cifs/CHANGES b/fs/cifs/CHANGES
index 8355e918fddf..502a4c2b8414 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/CHANGES
+++ b/fs/cifs/CHANGES
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ Add ability to modify cifs acls for handling chmod (when mounted with
 cifsacl flag). Fix prefixpath path separator so we can handle mounts
 with prefixpaths longer than one directory (one path component) when
 mounted to Windows servers.  Fix slow file open when cifsacl
-enabled.
+enabled. Fix memory leak in FindNext when the SMB call returns -EBADF.
+
 
 Version 1.51
 ------------
diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c b/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c
index 95fbba4ea7d4..641cc8ffc51b 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c
@@ -3679,6 +3679,7 @@ int CIFSFindNext(const int xid, struct cifsTconInfo *tcon,
         if (rc) {
                 if (rc == -EBADF) {
                         psrch_inf->endOfSearch = true;
+                        cifs_buf_release(pSMB);
                         rc = 0; /* search probably was closed at end of search*/
                 } else
                         cFYI(1, ("FindNext returned = %d", rc));