* the user on mount
         */
        if ((cifs_sb->ctx->wsize == 0) ||
-           (cifs_sb->ctx->wsize > server->ops->negotiate_wsize(tcon, ctx)))
-               cifs_sb->ctx->wsize = server->ops->negotiate_wsize(tcon, ctx);
+           (cifs_sb->ctx->wsize > server->ops->negotiate_wsize(tcon, ctx))) {
+               cifs_sb->ctx->wsize =
+                       round_down(server->ops->negotiate_wsize(tcon, ctx), PAGE_SIZE);
+               /*
+                * in the very unlikely event that the server sent a max write size under PAGE_SIZE,
+                * (which would get rounded down to 0) then reset wsize to absolute minimum eg 4096
+                */
+               if (cifs_sb->ctx->wsize == 0) {
+                       cifs_sb->ctx->wsize = PAGE_SIZE;
+                       cifs_dbg(VFS, "wsize too small, reset to minimum ie PAGE_SIZE, usually 4096\n");
+               }
+       }
        if ((cifs_sb->ctx->rsize == 0) ||
            (cifs_sb->ctx->rsize > server->ops->negotiate_rsize(tcon, ctx)))
                cifs_sb->ctx->rsize = server->ops->negotiate_rsize(tcon, ctx);
 
        case Opt_wsize:
                ctx->wsize = result.uint_32;
                ctx->got_wsize = true;
+               if (ctx->wsize % PAGE_SIZE != 0) {
+                       ctx->wsize = round_down(ctx->wsize, PAGE_SIZE);
+                       if (ctx->wsize == 0) {
+                               ctx->wsize = PAGE_SIZE;
+                               cifs_dbg(VFS, "wsize too small, reset to minimum %ld\n", PAGE_SIZE);
+                       } else {
+                               cifs_dbg(VFS,
+                                        "wsize rounded down to %d to multiple of PAGE_SIZE %ld\n",
+                                        ctx->wsize, PAGE_SIZE);
+                       }
+               }
                break;
        case Opt_acregmax:
                ctx->acregmax = HZ * result.uint_32;