diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsencrypt.c b/fs/cifs/cifsencrypt.c
index 7ac0056..987b479 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifsencrypt.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifsencrypt.c
@@ -43,15 +43,16 @@
 		       unsigned char *p24);
 
 static int cifs_calculate_signature(const struct smb_hdr *cifs_pdu,
-				const struct session_key *key, char *signature)
+				struct TCP_Server_Info *server, char *signature)
 {
 	struct	MD5Context context;
 
-	if ((cifs_pdu == NULL) || (signature == NULL) || (key == NULL))
+	if (cifs_pdu == NULL || signature == NULL || server == NULL)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	cifs_MD5_init(&context);
-	cifs_MD5_update(&context, (char *)&key->data, key->len);
+	cifs_MD5_update(&context, server->session_key.response,
+			server->session_key.len);
 	cifs_MD5_update(&context, cifs_pdu->Protocol, cifs_pdu->smb_buf_length);
 
 	cifs_MD5_final(signature, &context);
@@ -79,8 +80,7 @@
 	server->sequence_number++;
 	spin_unlock(&GlobalMid_Lock);
 
-	rc = cifs_calculate_signature(cifs_pdu, &server->session_key,
-				      smb_signature);
+	rc = cifs_calculate_signature(cifs_pdu, server, smb_signature);
 	if (rc)
 		memset(cifs_pdu->Signature.SecuritySignature, 0, 8);
 	else
@@ -90,16 +90,17 @@
 }
 
 static int cifs_calc_signature2(const struct kvec *iov, int n_vec,
-				const struct session_key *key, char *signature)
+				struct TCP_Server_Info *server, char *signature)
 {
 	struct  MD5Context context;
 	int i;
 
-	if ((iov == NULL) || (signature == NULL) || (key == NULL))
+	if (iov == NULL || signature == NULL || server == NULL)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	cifs_MD5_init(&context);
-	cifs_MD5_update(&context, (char *)&key->data, key->len);
+	cifs_MD5_update(&context, server->session_key.response,
+				server->session_key.len);
 	for (i = 0; i < n_vec; i++) {
 		if (iov[i].iov_len == 0)
 			continue;
@@ -146,8 +147,7 @@
 	server->sequence_number++;
 	spin_unlock(&GlobalMid_Lock);
 
-	rc = cifs_calc_signature2(iov, n_vec, &server->session_key,
-				      smb_signature);
+	rc = cifs_calc_signature2(iov, n_vec, server, smb_signature);
 	if (rc)
 		memset(cifs_pdu->Signature.SecuritySignature, 0, 8);
 	else
@@ -157,14 +157,14 @@
 }
 
 int cifs_verify_signature(struct smb_hdr *cifs_pdu,
-			  const struct session_key *session_key,
+			  struct TCP_Server_Info *server,
 			  __u32 expected_sequence_number)
 {
 	unsigned int rc;
 	char server_response_sig[8];
 	char what_we_think_sig_should_be[20];
 
-	if (cifs_pdu == NULL || session_key == NULL)
+	if (cifs_pdu == NULL || server == NULL)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	if (cifs_pdu->Command == SMB_COM_NEGOTIATE)
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@
 					cpu_to_le32(expected_sequence_number);
 	cifs_pdu->Signature.Sequence.Reserved = 0;
 
-	rc = cifs_calculate_signature(cifs_pdu, session_key,
+	rc = cifs_calculate_signature(cifs_pdu, server,
 		what_we_think_sig_should_be);
 
 	if (rc)
@@ -209,18 +209,28 @@
 
 }
 
-/* We fill in key by putting in 40 byte array which was allocated by caller */
-int cifs_calculate_session_key(struct session_key *key, const char *rn,
-			   const char *password)
+/* first calculate 24 bytes ntlm response and then 16 byte session key */
+int setup_ntlm_response(struct cifsSesInfo *ses)
 {
-	char temp_key[16];
-	if ((key == NULL) || (rn == NULL))
+	unsigned int temp_len = CIFS_SESS_KEY_SIZE + CIFS_AUTH_RESP_SIZE;
+	char temp_key[CIFS_SESS_KEY_SIZE];
+
+	if (!ses)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	E_md4hash(password, temp_key);
-	mdfour(key->data.ntlm, temp_key, 16);
-	memcpy(key->data.ntlm+16, rn, CIFS_SESS_KEY_SIZE);
-	key->len = 40;
+	ses->auth_key.response = kmalloc(temp_len, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!ses->auth_key.response) {
+		cERROR(1, "NTLM can't allocate (%u bytes) memory", temp_len);
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+	ses->auth_key.len = temp_len;
+
+	SMBNTencrypt(ses->password, ses->cryptKey,
+			ses->auth_key.response + CIFS_SESS_KEY_SIZE);
+
+	E_md4hash(ses->password, temp_key);
+	mdfour(ses->auth_key.response, temp_key, CIFS_SESS_KEY_SIZE);
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -465,19 +475,13 @@
 }
 
 int
-setup_ntlmv2_rsp(struct cifsSesInfo *ses, char *resp_buf,
-		      const struct nls_table *nls_cp)
+setup_ntlmv2_rsp(struct cifsSesInfo *ses, const struct nls_table *nls_cp)
 {
 	int rc;
-	struct ntlmv2_resp *buf = (struct ntlmv2_resp *)resp_buf;
+	int baselen;
+	struct ntlmv2_resp *buf;
 	struct HMACMD5Context context;
 
-	buf->blob_signature = cpu_to_le32(0x00000101);
-	buf->reserved = 0;
-	buf->time = cpu_to_le64(cifs_UnixTimeToNT(CURRENT_TIME));
-	get_random_bytes(&buf->client_chal, sizeof(buf->client_chal));
-	buf->reserved2 = 0;
-
 	if (ses->server->secType == RawNTLMSSP) {
 		if (!ses->domainName) {
 			rc = find_domain_name(ses);
@@ -494,22 +498,38 @@
 		}
 	}
 
+	baselen = CIFS_SESS_KEY_SIZE + sizeof(struct ntlmv2_resp);
+	ses->auth_key.len = baselen + ses->tilen;
+	ses->auth_key.response = kmalloc(ses->auth_key.len, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!ses->auth_key.response) {
+		rc = ENOMEM;
+		cERROR(1, "%s: Can't allocate auth blob", __func__);
+		goto setup_ntlmv2_rsp_ret;
+	}
+
+	buf = (struct ntlmv2_resp *)
+			(ses->auth_key.response + CIFS_SESS_KEY_SIZE);
+	buf->blob_signature = cpu_to_le32(0x00000101);
+	buf->reserved = 0;
+	buf->time = cpu_to_le64(cifs_UnixTimeToNT(CURRENT_TIME));
+	get_random_bytes(&buf->client_chal, sizeof(buf->client_chal));
+	buf->reserved2 = 0;
+
+	memcpy(ses->auth_key.response + baselen, ses->tiblob, ses->tilen);
+
 	/* calculate buf->ntlmv2_hash */
 	rc = calc_ntlmv2_hash(ses, nls_cp);
 	if (rc) {
 		cERROR(1, "could not get v2 hash rc %d", rc);
 		goto setup_ntlmv2_rsp_ret;
 	}
-	CalcNTLMv2_response(ses, resp_buf);
+	CalcNTLMv2_response(ses);
 
 	/* now calculate the session key for NTLMv2 */
 	hmac_md5_init_limK_to_64(ses->ntlmv2_hash, 16, &context);
-	hmac_md5_update(resp_buf, 16, &context);
-	hmac_md5_final(ses->auth_key.data.ntlmv2.key, &context);
-
-	memcpy(&ses->auth_key.data.ntlmv2.resp, resp_buf,
-	       sizeof(struct ntlmv2_resp));
-	ses->auth_key.len = 16 + sizeof(struct ntlmv2_resp);
+	hmac_md5_update(ses->auth_key.response + CIFS_SESS_KEY_SIZE,
+				16, &context);
+	hmac_md5_final(ses->auth_key.response, &context);
 
 	return 0;
 
@@ -521,20 +541,17 @@
 	return rc;
 }
 
-void CalcNTLMv2_response(const struct cifsSesInfo *ses,
-			 char *v2_session_response)
+void CalcNTLMv2_response(const struct cifsSesInfo *ses)
 {
+	unsigned int offset = CIFS_SESS_KEY_SIZE + 8;
 	struct HMACMD5Context context;
+
 	/* rest of v2 struct already generated */
-	memcpy(v2_session_response + 8, ses->cryptKey, 8);
+	memcpy(ses->auth_key.response + offset, ses->cryptKey, 8);
 	hmac_md5_init_limK_to_64(ses->ntlmv2_hash, 16, &context);
 
-	hmac_md5_update(v2_session_response+8,
-			sizeof(struct ntlmv2_resp) - 8, &context);
+	hmac_md5_update(ses->auth_key.response + offset,
+			ses->auth_key.len - offset, &context);
 
-	if (ses->tilen)
-		hmac_md5_update(ses->tiblob, ses->tilen, &context);
-
-	hmac_md5_final(v2_session_response, &context);
-/*	cifs_dump_mem("v2_sess_rsp: ", v2_session_response, 32); */
+	hmac_md5_final(ses->auth_key.response + CIFS_SESS_KEY_SIZE, &context);
 }
diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h b/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h
index 539475a..66f76b2 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h
@@ -99,14 +99,7 @@
 
 struct session_key {
 	unsigned int len;
-	union {
-		char ntlm[CIFS_SESS_KEY_SIZE + 16];
-		char krb5[CIFS_SESS_KEY_SIZE + 16]; /* BB: length correct? */
-		struct {
-			char key[16];
-			struct ntlmv2_resp resp;
-		} ntlmv2;
-	} data;
+	char *response;
 };
 
 struct cifs_cred {
diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifspdu.h b/fs/cifs/cifspdu.h
index b0f4b56..a152cd6 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifspdu.h
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifspdu.h
@@ -131,9 +131,14 @@
 #define CIFS_CRYPTO_KEY_SIZE (8)
 
 /*
+ * Size of the ntlm client response
+ */
+#define CIFS_AUTH_RESP_SIZE (24)
+
+/*
  * Size of the session key (crypto key encrypted with the password
  */
-#define CIFS_SESS_KEY_SIZE (24)
+#define CIFS_SESS_KEY_SIZE (16)
 
 /*
  * Maximum user name length
diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsproto.h b/fs/cifs/cifsproto.h
index e593c40..8c2d0cf 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifsproto.h
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifsproto.h
@@ -362,13 +362,12 @@
 extern int cifs_sign_smb2(struct kvec *iov, int n_vec, struct TCP_Server_Info *,
 			  __u32 *);
 extern int cifs_verify_signature(struct smb_hdr *,
-				 const struct session_key *session_key,
+				 struct TCP_Server_Info *server,
 				__u32 expected_sequence_number);
-extern int cifs_calculate_session_key(struct session_key *key, const char *rn,
-				 const char *pass);
-extern void CalcNTLMv2_response(const struct cifsSesInfo *, char *);
-extern int setup_ntlmv2_rsp(struct cifsSesInfo *, char *,
-			     const struct nls_table *);
+extern void SMBNTencrypt(unsigned char *, unsigned char *, unsigned char *);
+extern int setup_ntlm_response(struct cifsSesInfo *);
+extern void CalcNTLMv2_response(const struct cifsSesInfo *);
+extern int setup_ntlmv2_rsp(struct cifsSesInfo *, const struct nls_table *);
 #ifdef CONFIG_CIFS_WEAK_PW_HASH
 extern void calc_lanman_hash(const char *password, const char *cryptkey,
 				bool encrypt, char *lnm_session_key);
diff --git a/fs/cifs/connect.c b/fs/cifs/connect.c
index 7e73176..c5807d3 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/connect.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/connect.c
@@ -175,6 +175,9 @@
 	}
 	server->sequence_number = 0;
 	server->session_estab = false;
+	kfree(server->session_key.response);
+	server->session_key.response = NULL;
+	server->session_key.len = 0;
 
 	spin_lock(&GlobalMid_Lock);
 	list_for_each(tmp, &server->pending_mid_q) {
@@ -1562,6 +1565,10 @@
 
 	cifs_fscache_release_client_cookie(server);
 
+	kfree(server->session_key.response);
+	server->session_key.response = NULL;
+	server->session_key.len = 0;
+
 	task = xchg(&server->tsk, NULL);
 	if (task)
 		force_sig(SIGKILL, task);
@@ -3178,10 +3185,11 @@
 	} else {
 		mutex_lock(&ses->server->srv_mutex);
 		if (!server->session_estab) {
-			memcpy(&server->session_key.data,
-				&ses->auth_key.data, ses->auth_key.len);
+			server->session_key.response = ses->auth_key.response;
 			server->session_key.len = ses->auth_key.len;
-			ses->server->session_estab = true;
+			server->sequence_number = 0x2;
+			server->session_estab = true;
+			ses->auth_key.response = NULL;
 		}
 		mutex_unlock(&server->srv_mutex);
 
@@ -3192,6 +3200,10 @@
 		spin_unlock(&GlobalMid_Lock);
 	}
 
+	kfree(ses->auth_key.response);
+	ses->auth_key.response = NULL;
+	ses->auth_key.len = 0;
+
 	return rc;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/cifs/sess.c b/fs/cifs/sess.c
index 2a11efd..b293468 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/sess.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/sess.c
@@ -32,9 +32,6 @@
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include "cifs_spnego.h"
 
-extern void SMBNTencrypt(unsigned char *passwd, unsigned char *c8,
-			 unsigned char *p24);
-
 /*
  * Checks if this is the first smb session to be reconnected after
  * the socket has been reestablished (so we know whether to use vc 0).
@@ -469,11 +466,9 @@
 				   const struct nls_table *nls_cp)
 {
 	int rc;
-	unsigned int size;
 	AUTHENTICATE_MESSAGE *sec_blob = (AUTHENTICATE_MESSAGE *)pbuffer;
 	__u32 flags;
 	unsigned char *tmp;
-	struct ntlmv2_resp ntlmv2_response = {};
 
 	memcpy(sec_blob->Signature, NTLMSSP_SIGNATURE, 8);
 	sec_blob->MessageType = NtLmAuthenticate;
@@ -497,25 +492,19 @@
 	sec_blob->LmChallengeResponse.MaximumLength = 0;
 
 	sec_blob->NtChallengeResponse.BufferOffset = cpu_to_le32(tmp - pbuffer);
-	rc = setup_ntlmv2_rsp(ses, (char *)&ntlmv2_response, nls_cp);
+	rc = setup_ntlmv2_rsp(ses, nls_cp);
 	if (rc) {
 		cERROR(1, "Error %d during NTLMSSP authentication", rc);
 		goto setup_ntlmv2_ret;
 	}
-	size =  sizeof(struct ntlmv2_resp);
-	memcpy(tmp, (char *)&ntlmv2_response, size);
-	tmp += size;
-	if (ses->tilen > 0) {
-		memcpy(tmp, ses->tiblob, ses->tilen);
-		tmp += ses->tilen;
-	}
+	memcpy(tmp, ses->auth_key.response + CIFS_SESS_KEY_SIZE,
+			ses->auth_key.len - CIFS_SESS_KEY_SIZE);
+	tmp += ses->auth_key.len - CIFS_SESS_KEY_SIZE;
 
-	sec_blob->NtChallengeResponse.Length = cpu_to_le16(size + ses->tilen);
+	sec_blob->NtChallengeResponse.Length =
+			cpu_to_le16(ses->auth_key.len - CIFS_SESS_KEY_SIZE);
 	sec_blob->NtChallengeResponse.MaximumLength =
-				cpu_to_le16(size + ses->tilen);
-	kfree(ses->tiblob);
-	ses->tiblob = NULL;
-	ses->tilen = 0;
+			cpu_to_le16(ses->auth_key.len - CIFS_SESS_KEY_SIZE);
 
 	if (ses->domainName == NULL) {
 		sec_blob->DomainName.BufferOffset = cpu_to_le32(tmp - pbuffer);
@@ -687,24 +676,27 @@
 		ascii_ssetup_strings(&bcc_ptr, ses, nls_cp);
 #endif
 	} else if (type == NTLM) {
-		char ntlm_session_key[CIFS_SESS_KEY_SIZE];
-
 		pSMB->req_no_secext.Capabilities = cpu_to_le32(capabilities);
 		pSMB->req_no_secext.CaseInsensitivePasswordLength =
-			cpu_to_le16(CIFS_SESS_KEY_SIZE);
+			cpu_to_le16(CIFS_AUTH_RESP_SIZE);
 		pSMB->req_no_secext.CaseSensitivePasswordLength =
-			cpu_to_le16(CIFS_SESS_KEY_SIZE);
+			cpu_to_le16(CIFS_AUTH_RESP_SIZE);
 
-		/* calculate session key */
-		SMBNTencrypt(ses->password, ses->cryptKey, ntlm_session_key);
+		/* calculate ntlm response and session key */
+		rc = setup_ntlm_response(ses);
+		if (rc) {
+			cERROR(1, "Error %d during NTLM authentication", rc);
+			goto ssetup_exit;
+		}
 
-		cifs_calculate_session_key(&ses->auth_key,
-					ntlm_session_key, ses->password);
-		/* copy session key */
-		memcpy(bcc_ptr, (char *)ntlm_session_key, CIFS_SESS_KEY_SIZE);
-		bcc_ptr += CIFS_SESS_KEY_SIZE;
-		memcpy(bcc_ptr, (char *)ntlm_session_key, CIFS_SESS_KEY_SIZE);
-		bcc_ptr += CIFS_SESS_KEY_SIZE;
+		/* copy ntlm response */
+		memcpy(bcc_ptr, ses->auth_key.response + CIFS_SESS_KEY_SIZE,
+				CIFS_AUTH_RESP_SIZE);
+		bcc_ptr += CIFS_AUTH_RESP_SIZE;
+		memcpy(bcc_ptr, ses->auth_key.response + CIFS_SESS_KEY_SIZE,
+				CIFS_AUTH_RESP_SIZE);
+		bcc_ptr += CIFS_AUTH_RESP_SIZE;
+
 		if (ses->capabilities & CAP_UNICODE) {
 			/* unicode strings must be word aligned */
 			if (iov[0].iov_len % 2) {
@@ -715,47 +707,26 @@
 		} else
 			ascii_ssetup_strings(&bcc_ptr, ses, nls_cp);
 	} else if (type == NTLMv2) {
-		char *v2_sess_key =
-			kmalloc(sizeof(struct ntlmv2_resp), GFP_KERNEL);
-
-		/* BB FIXME change all users of v2_sess_key to
-		   struct ntlmv2_resp */
-
-		if (v2_sess_key == NULL) {
-			rc = -ENOMEM;
-			goto ssetup_exit;
-		}
-
 		pSMB->req_no_secext.Capabilities = cpu_to_le32(capabilities);
 
 		/* LM2 password would be here if we supported it */
 		pSMB->req_no_secext.CaseInsensitivePasswordLength = 0;
-		/*	cpu_to_le16(LM2_SESS_KEY_SIZE); */
 
-		/* calculate session key */
-		rc = setup_ntlmv2_rsp(ses, v2_sess_key, nls_cp);
+		/* calculate nlmv2 response and session key */
+		rc = setup_ntlmv2_rsp(ses, nls_cp);
 		if (rc) {
 			cERROR(1, "Error %d during NTLMv2 authentication", rc);
-			kfree(v2_sess_key);
 			goto ssetup_exit;
 		}
-		memcpy(bcc_ptr, (char *)v2_sess_key,
-				sizeof(struct ntlmv2_resp));
-		bcc_ptr += sizeof(struct ntlmv2_resp);
-		kfree(v2_sess_key);
+		memcpy(bcc_ptr, ses->auth_key.response + CIFS_SESS_KEY_SIZE,
+				ses->auth_key.len - CIFS_SESS_KEY_SIZE);
+		bcc_ptr += ses->auth_key.len - CIFS_SESS_KEY_SIZE;
+
 		/* set case sensitive password length after tilen may get
 		 * assigned, tilen is 0 otherwise.
 		 */
 		pSMB->req_no_secext.CaseSensitivePasswordLength =
-			cpu_to_le16(sizeof(struct ntlmv2_resp) + ses->tilen);
-		if (ses->tilen > 0) {
-			memcpy(bcc_ptr, ses->tiblob, ses->tilen);
-			bcc_ptr += ses->tilen;
-			/* we never did allocate ses->domainName to free */
-			kfree(ses->tiblob);
-			ses->tiblob = NULL;
-			ses->tilen = 0;
-		}
+			cpu_to_le16(ses->auth_key.len);
 
 		if (ses->capabilities & CAP_UNICODE) {
 			if (iov[0].iov_len % 2) {
@@ -768,6 +739,7 @@
 	} else if (type == Kerberos) {
 #ifdef CONFIG_CIFS_UPCALL
 		struct cifs_spnego_msg *msg;
+
 		spnego_key = cifs_get_spnego_key(ses);
 		if (IS_ERR(spnego_key)) {
 			rc = PTR_ERR(spnego_key);
@@ -785,16 +757,17 @@
 			rc = -EKEYREJECTED;
 			goto ssetup_exit;
 		}
-		/* bail out if key is too long */
-		if (msg->sesskey_len >
-		    sizeof(ses->auth_key.data.krb5)) {
-			cERROR(1, "Kerberos signing key too long (%u bytes)",
-				msg->sesskey_len);
-			rc = -EOVERFLOW;
+
+		ses->auth_key.response = kmalloc(msg->sesskey_len, GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (!ses->auth_key.response) {
+			cERROR(1, "Kerberos can't allocate (%u bytes) memory",
+					msg->sesskey_len);
+			rc = -ENOMEM;
 			goto ssetup_exit;
 		}
+		memcpy(ses->auth_key.response, msg->data, msg->sesskey_len);
 		ses->auth_key.len = msg->sesskey_len;
-		memcpy(ses->auth_key.data.krb5, msg->data, msg->sesskey_len);
+
 		pSMB->req.hdr.Flags2 |= SMBFLG2_EXT_SEC;
 		capabilities |= CAP_EXTENDED_SECURITY;
 		pSMB->req.Capabilities = cpu_to_le32(capabilities);
@@ -897,8 +870,6 @@
 			  CIFS_STD_OP /* not long */ | CIFS_LOG_ERROR);
 	/* SMB request buf freed in SendReceive2 */
 
-	cFYI(1, "ssetup rc from sendrecv2 is %d", rc);
-
 	pSMB = (SESSION_SETUP_ANDX *)iov[0].iov_base;
 	smb_buf = (struct smb_hdr *)iov[0].iov_base;
 
diff --git a/fs/cifs/transport.c b/fs/cifs/transport.c
index a66c91e..e0588cd 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/transport.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/transport.c
@@ -543,7 +543,7 @@
 		    (ses->server->secMode & (SECMODE_SIGN_REQUIRED |
 					     SECMODE_SIGN_ENABLED))) {
 			rc = cifs_verify_signature(midQ->resp_buf,
-						&ses->server->session_key,
+						ses->server,
 						midQ->sequence_number+1);
 			if (rc) {
 				cERROR(1, "Unexpected SMB signature");
@@ -731,7 +731,7 @@
 		    (ses->server->secMode & (SECMODE_SIGN_REQUIRED |
 					     SECMODE_SIGN_ENABLED))) {
 			rc = cifs_verify_signature(out_buf,
-						&ses->server->session_key,
+						ses->server,
 						midQ->sequence_number+1);
 			if (rc) {
 				cERROR(1, "Unexpected SMB signature");
@@ -981,7 +981,7 @@
 	    (ses->server->secMode & (SECMODE_SIGN_REQUIRED |
 				     SECMODE_SIGN_ENABLED))) {
 		rc = cifs_verify_signature(out_buf,
-					   &ses->server->session_key,
+					   ses->server,
 					   midQ->sequence_number+1);
 		if (rc) {
 			cERROR(1, "Unexpected SMB signature");