con->out_connect.protocol_version = cpu_to_le32(proto);
        con->out_connect.flags = 0;
 
-       ceph_con_out_kvec_reset(con);
        if (include_banner)
                prepare_write_banner(msgr, con);
        ceph_con_out_kvec_add(con, sizeof (con->out_connect), &con->out_connect);
                        return -1;
                }
                con->auth_retry = 1;
+               ceph_con_out_kvec_reset(con);
                ret = prepare_write_connect(con->msgr, con, 0);
                if (ret < 0)
                        return ret;
                       ENTITY_NAME(con->peer_name),
                       ceph_pr_addr(&con->peer_addr.in_addr));
                reset_connection(con);
+               ceph_con_out_kvec_reset(con);
                prepare_write_connect(con->msgr, con, 0);
                prepare_read_connect(con);
 
                     le32_to_cpu(con->out_connect.connect_seq),
                     le32_to_cpu(con->in_connect.connect_seq));
                con->connect_seq = le32_to_cpu(con->in_connect.connect_seq);
+               ceph_con_out_kvec_reset(con);
                prepare_write_connect(con->msgr, con, 0);
                prepare_read_connect(con);
                break;
                     le32_to_cpu(con->in_connect.global_seq));
                get_global_seq(con->msgr,
                               le32_to_cpu(con->in_connect.global_seq));
+               ceph_con_out_kvec_reset(con);
                prepare_write_connect(con->msgr, con, 0);
                prepare_read_connect(con);
                break;
 
        /* open the socket first? */
        if (con->sock == NULL) {
+               ceph_con_out_kvec_reset(con);
                prepare_write_connect(msgr, con, 1);
                prepare_read_banner(con);
                set_bit(CONNECTING, &con->state);