extern void cifs_wake_up_task(struct mid_q_entry *mid);
 extern int cifs_handle_standard(struct TCP_Server_Info *server,
                                struct mid_q_entry *mid);
-extern int cifs_discard_remaining_data(struct TCP_Server_Info *server,
-                                      char *buf);
+extern int cifs_discard_remaining_data(struct TCP_Server_Info *server);
 extern int cifs_call_async(struct TCP_Server_Info *server,
                        struct smb_rqst *rqst,
                        mid_receive_t *receive, mid_callback_t *callback,
 
  * current bigbuf.
  */
 int
-cifs_discard_remaining_data(struct TCP_Server_Info *server, char *buf)
+cifs_discard_remaining_data(struct TCP_Server_Info *server)
 {
-       unsigned int rfclen = get_rfc1002_length(buf);
+       unsigned int rfclen = get_rfc1002_length(server->smallbuf);
        int remaining = rfclen + 4 - server->total_read;
 
        while (remaining > 0) {
        int length;
        struct cifs_readdata *rdata = mid->callback_data;
 
-       length = cifs_discard_remaining_data(server, mid->resp_buf);
+       length = cifs_discard_remaining_data(server);
        dequeue_mid(mid, rdata->result);
+       mid->resp_buf = server->smallbuf;
+       server->smallbuf = NULL;
        return length;
 }
 
 
        if (server->ops->is_status_pending &&
            server->ops->is_status_pending(buf, server, 0)) {
-               cifs_discard_remaining_data(server, buf);
+               cifs_discard_remaining_data(server);
                return -1;
        }
 
        cifs_dbg(FYI, "0: iov_base=%p iov_len=%u\n",
                 rdata->iov[0].iov_base, server->total_read);
 
-       mid->resp_buf = server->smallbuf;
-       server->smallbuf = NULL;
-
        /* how much data is in the response? */
        data_len = server->ops->read_data_length(buf);
        if (data_offset + data_len > buflen) {
                return cifs_readv_discard(server, mid);
 
        dequeue_mid(mid, false);
+       mid->resp_buf = server->smallbuf;
+       server->smallbuf = NULL;
        return length;
 }
 
 
        if (rc)
                goto free_pages;
 
-       rc = cifs_discard_remaining_data(server, buf);
+       rc = cifs_discard_remaining_data(server);
        if (rc)
                goto free_pages;
 
        kfree(pages);
        return rc;
 discard_data:
-       cifs_discard_remaining_data(server, buf);
+       cifs_discard_remaining_data(server);
        goto free_pages;
 }