diff --git a/fs/smb/client/smb2pdu.c b/fs/smb/client/smb2pdu.c
index 4536b6fcfa02..3e88e8b3c16e 100644
--- a/fs/smb/client/smb2pdu.c
+++ b/fs/smb/client/smb2pdu.c
@@ -2979,7 +2979,7 @@ int smb311_posix_mkdir(const unsigned int xid, struct inode *inode,
 	/* Eventually save off posix specific response info and timestaps */
 
 err_free_rsp_buf:
-	free_rsp_buf(resp_buftype, rsp);
+	free_rsp_buf(resp_buftype, rsp_iov.iov_base);
 	kfree(pc_buf);
 err_free_req:
 	cifs_small_buf_release(req);