{
        struct TCP_Server_Info *server = mid->callback_data;
        struct smb2_echo_rsp *rsp = (struct smb2_echo_rsp *)mid->resp_buf;
-       unsigned int credits_received = 1;
+       unsigned int credits_received = 0;
 
-       if (mid->mid_state == MID_RESPONSE_RECEIVED)
+       if (mid->mid_state == MID_RESPONSE_RECEIVED
+           || mid->mid_state == MID_RESPONSE_MALFORMED)
                credits_received = le16_to_cpu(rsp->sync_hdr.CreditRequest);
 
        DeleteMidQEntry(mid);
        struct TCP_Server_Info *server = tcon->ses->server;
        struct smb2_sync_hdr *shdr =
                                (struct smb2_sync_hdr *)rdata->iov[0].iov_base;
-       unsigned int credits_received = 1;
+       unsigned int credits_received = 0;
        struct smb_rqst rqst = { .rq_iov = rdata->iov,
                                 .rq_nvec = 2,
                                 .rq_pages = rdata->pages,
                task_io_account_read(rdata->got_bytes);
                cifs_stats_bytes_read(tcon, rdata->got_bytes);
                break;
+       case MID_RESPONSE_MALFORMED:
+               credits_received = le16_to_cpu(shdr->CreditRequest);
+               /* fall through */
        default:
                if (rdata->result != -ENODATA)
                        rdata->result = -EIO;
        struct cifs_tcon *tcon = tlink_tcon(wdata->cfile->tlink);
        unsigned int written;
        struct smb2_write_rsp *rsp = (struct smb2_write_rsp *)mid->resp_buf;
-       unsigned int credits_received = 1;
+       unsigned int credits_received = 0;
 
        switch (mid->mid_state) {
        case MID_RESPONSE_RECEIVED:
        case MID_RETRY_NEEDED:
                wdata->result = -EAGAIN;
                break;
+       case MID_RESPONSE_MALFORMED:
+               credits_received = le16_to_cpu(rsp->sync_hdr.CreditRequest);
+               /* fall through */
        default:
                wdata->result = -EIO;
                break;