diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index c93054ac5a48..3fb45c1eef02 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: c5fd363d771393a7b42bbbe051f30f97d4867a40
+refs/heads/master: d971e0656bf6e57925292dae755d36fb3c5b093d
diff --git a/trunk/fs/cifs/transport.c b/trunk/fs/cifs/transport.c
index f25d4ea14be4..fdda15a6a803 100644
--- a/trunk/fs/cifs/transport.c
+++ b/trunk/fs/cifs/transport.c
@@ -126,7 +126,6 @@ smb_sendv(struct TCP_Server_Info *server, struct kvec *iov, int n_vec)
 	int rc = 0;
 	int i = 0;
 	struct msghdr smb_msg;
-	__be32 *buf_len = (__be32 *)(iov[0].iov_base);
 	unsigned int len = iov[0].iov_len;
 	unsigned int total_len;
 	int first_vec = 0;
@@ -235,9 +234,6 @@ smb_sendv(struct TCP_Server_Info *server, struct kvec *iov, int n_vec)
 	else
 		rc = 0;
 
-	/* Don't want to modify the buffer as a side effect of this call. */
-	*buf_len = cpu_to_be32(smb_buf_length);
-
 	return rc;
 }