1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c b/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c
index 217323b0c896..b41e8b379652 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c
@@ -1048,13 +1048,14 @@ CIFSSMBRead(const int xid, struct cifsTconInfo *tcon,
                         cifs_small_buf_release(iov[0].iov_base);
                 else if(resp_buf_type == CIFS_LARGE_BUFFER)
                         cifs_buf_release(iov[0].iov_base);
-        } else /* return buffer to caller to free */ /* BB FIXME how do we tell caller if it is not a large buffer */ {
-                *buf = iov[0].iov_base;
+        } else if(resp_buf_type != CIFS_NO_BUFFER) {
+                /* return buffer to caller to free */ 
+                *buf = iov[0].iov_base;         
                 if(resp_buf_type == CIFS_SMALL_BUFFER)
                         *pbuf_type = CIFS_SMALL_BUFFER;
                 else if(resp_buf_type == CIFS_LARGE_BUFFER)
                         *pbuf_type = CIFS_LARGE_BUFFER;
-        }
+        } /* else no valid buffer on return - leave as null */
 
         /* Note: On -EAGAIN error only caller can retry on handle based calls
                 since file handle passed in no longer valid */