diff --git a/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c b/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c
index 4c9c34cdf05f..9a65e517df30 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c
@@ -3483,8 +3483,8 @@ smb2_readv_callback(struct mid_q_entry *mid)
 	struct smb2_sync_hdr *shdr =
 				(struct smb2_sync_hdr *)rdata->iov[0].iov_base;
 	struct cifs_credits credits = { .value = 0, .instance = 0 };
-	struct smb_rqst rqst = { .rq_iov = rdata->iov,
-				 .rq_nvec = 2,
+	struct smb_rqst rqst = { .rq_iov = &rdata->iov[1],
+				 .rq_nvec = 1,
 				 .rq_pages = rdata->pages,
 				 .rq_offset = rdata->page_offset,
 				 .rq_npages = rdata->nr_pages,