static struct ceph_auth_handshake *get_connect_authorizer(struct ceph_connection *con,
                                                int *auth_proto)
 {
-       void *auth_buf;
-       int auth_len;
        struct ceph_auth_handshake *auth;
 
        if (!con->ops->get_authorizer) {
        if (test_bit(CLOSED, &con->state) || test_bit(OPENING, &con->state))
                return ERR_PTR(-EAGAIN);
 
-       auth_buf = auth->authorizer_buf;
-       auth_len = auth->authorizer_buf_len;
        con->auth_reply_buf = auth->authorizer_reply_buf;
        con->auth_reply_buf_len = auth->authorizer_reply_buf_len;
 
-       con->out_connect.authorizer_len = cpu_to_le32(auth_len);
-
-       if (auth_len)
-               ceph_con_out_kvec_add(con, auth_len, auth_buf);
 
        return auth;
 }
        con->out_connect.protocol_version = cpu_to_le32(proto);
        con->out_connect.flags = 0;
 
-       ceph_con_out_kvec_add(con, sizeof (con->out_connect), &con->out_connect);
        auth_proto = CEPH_AUTH_UNKNOWN;
        auth = get_connect_authorizer(con, &auth_proto);
        if (IS_ERR(auth))
                return PTR_ERR(auth);
+
        con->out_connect.authorizer_protocol = cpu_to_le32(auth_proto);
+       con->out_connect.authorizer_len = auth ?
+               cpu_to_le32(auth->authorizer_buf_len) : 0;
+
+       ceph_con_out_kvec_add(con, sizeof (con->out_connect),
+                                       &con->out_connect);
+       if (auth && auth->authorizer_buf_len)
+               ceph_con_out_kvec_add(con, auth->authorizer_buf_len,
+                                       auth->authorizer_buf);
 
        con->out_more = 0;
        set_bit(WRITE_PENDING, &con->state);