static int queue_ksmbd_work(struct ksmbd_conn *conn)
 {
        struct ksmbd_work *work;
+       int err;
 
        work = ksmbd_alloc_work_struct();
        if (!work) {
        work->request_buf = conn->request_buf;
        conn->request_buf = NULL;
 
-       ksmbd_init_smb_server(work);
+       err = ksmbd_init_smb_server(work);
+       if (err) {
+               ksmbd_free_work_struct(work);
+               return 0;
+       }
 
        ksmbd_conn_enqueue_request(work);
        atomic_inc(&conn->r_count);
 
        [SMB_COM_NEGOTIATE_EX]  = { .proc = smb1_negotiate, },
 };
 
-static void init_smb1_server(struct ksmbd_conn *conn)
+static int init_smb1_server(struct ksmbd_conn *conn)
 {
        conn->ops = &smb1_server_ops;
        conn->cmds = smb1_server_cmds;
        conn->max_cmds = ARRAY_SIZE(smb1_server_cmds);
+       return 0;
 }
 
-void ksmbd_init_smb_server(struct ksmbd_work *work)
+int ksmbd_init_smb_server(struct ksmbd_work *work)
 {
        struct ksmbd_conn *conn = work->conn;
        __le32 proto;
 
-       if (conn->need_neg == false)
-               return;
-
        proto = *(__le32 *)((struct smb_hdr *)work->request_buf)->Protocol;
+       if (conn->need_neg == false) {
+               if (proto == SMB1_PROTO_NUMBER)
+                       return -EINVAL;
+               return 0;
+       }
+
        if (proto == SMB1_PROTO_NUMBER)
-               init_smb1_server(conn);
-       else
-               init_smb3_11_server(conn);
+               return init_smb1_server(conn);
+       return init_smb3_11_server(conn);
 }
 
 int ksmbd_populate_dot_dotdot_entries(struct ksmbd_work *work, int info_level,
 
 
 int ksmbd_lookup_dialect_by_id(__le16 *cli_dialects, __le16 dialects_count);
 
-void ksmbd_init_smb_server(struct ksmbd_work *work);
+int ksmbd_init_smb_server(struct ksmbd_work *work);
 
 struct ksmbd_kstat;
 int ksmbd_populate_dot_dotdot_entries(struct ksmbd_work *work,