diff --git a/fs/smb/server/smb2pdu.c b/fs/smb/server/smb2pdu.c
index b81a38803b40d1..42697ea86d47bd 100644
--- a/fs/smb/server/smb2pdu.c
+++ b/fs/smb/server/smb2pdu.c
@@ -6312,7 +6312,7 @@ int smb2_read(struct ksmbd_work *work)
 						      aux_payload_buf,
 						      nbytes);
 		kvfree(aux_payload_buf);
-
+		aux_payload_buf = NULL;
 		nbytes = 0;
 		if (remain_bytes < 0) {
 			err = (int)remain_bytes;