diff --git a/fs/ksmbd/connection.c b/fs/ksmbd/connection.c
index 7db87771884a5..e8f476c5f1890 100644
--- a/fs/ksmbd/connection.c
+++ b/fs/ksmbd/connection.c
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ struct ksmbd_conn *ksmbd_conn_alloc(void)
 	atomic_set(&conn->req_running, 0);
 	atomic_set(&conn->r_count, 0);
 	conn->total_credits = 1;
-	conn->outstanding_credits = 1;
+	conn->outstanding_credits = 0;
 
 	init_waitqueue_head(&conn->req_running_q);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&conn->conns_list);
diff --git a/fs/ksmbd/smb2misc.c b/fs/ksmbd/smb2misc.c
index 4a9460153b595..f8f456377a51d 100644
--- a/fs/ksmbd/smb2misc.c
+++ b/fs/ksmbd/smb2misc.c
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ static int smb2_validate_credit_charge(struct ksmbd_conn *conn,
 		ret = 1;
 	}
 
-	if ((u64)conn->outstanding_credits + credit_charge > conn->vals->max_credits) {
+	if ((u64)conn->outstanding_credits + credit_charge > conn->total_credits) {
 		ksmbd_debug(SMB, "Limits exceeding the maximum allowable outstanding requests, given : %u, pending : %u\n",
 			    credit_charge, conn->outstanding_credits);
 		ret = 1;
diff --git a/fs/ksmbd/smb_common.c b/fs/ksmbd/smb_common.c
index 9a7e211dbf4f4..7f8ab14fb8ec1 100644
--- a/fs/ksmbd/smb_common.c
+++ b/fs/ksmbd/smb_common.c
@@ -140,8 +140,10 @@ int ksmbd_verify_smb_message(struct ksmbd_work *work)
 
 	hdr = work->request_buf;
 	if (*(__le32 *)hdr->Protocol == SMB1_PROTO_NUMBER &&
-	    hdr->Command == SMB_COM_NEGOTIATE)
+	    hdr->Command == SMB_COM_NEGOTIATE) {
+		work->conn->outstanding_credits++;
 		return 0;
+	}
 
 	return -EINVAL;
 }