diff --git a/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c b/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c
index b0037b609c54b..b0b260dbb19df 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c
@@ -1097,6 +1097,7 @@ SMB2_open(const unsigned int xid, struct cifs_open_parms *oparms, __le16 *path,
 	int rc = 0;
 	unsigned int num_iovecs = 2;
 	__u32 file_attributes = 0;
+	char *dhc_buf = NULL, *lc_buf = NULL;
 
 	cifs_dbg(FYI, "create/open\n");
 
@@ -1163,6 +1164,7 @@ SMB2_open(const unsigned int xid, struct cifs_open_parms *oparms, __le16 *path,
 			kfree(copy_path);
 			return rc;
 		}
+		lc_buf = iov[num_iovecs-1].iov_base;
 	}
 
 	if (*oplock == SMB2_OPLOCK_LEVEL_BATCH) {
@@ -1177,9 +1179,10 @@ SMB2_open(const unsigned int xid, struct cifs_open_parms *oparms, __le16 *path,
 		if (rc) {
 			cifs_small_buf_release(req);
 			kfree(copy_path);
-			kfree(iov[num_iovecs-1].iov_base);
+			kfree(lc_buf);
 			return rc;
 		}
+		dhc_buf = iov[num_iovecs-1].iov_base;
 	}
 
 	rc = SendReceive2(xid, ses, iov, num_iovecs, &resp_buftype, 0);
@@ -1211,6 +1214,8 @@ SMB2_open(const unsigned int xid, struct cifs_open_parms *oparms, __le16 *path,
 		*oplock = rsp->OplockLevel;
 creat_exit:
 	kfree(copy_path);
+	kfree(lc_buf);
+	kfree(dhc_buf);
 	free_rsp_buf(resp_buftype, rsp);
 	return rc;
 }