diff --git a/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c b/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c
index a3f7a9c..8603447 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c
@@ -413,7 +413,9 @@
 
 	/* SMB2 only has an extended negflavor */
 	server->negflavor = CIFS_NEGFLAVOR_EXTENDED;
-	server->maxBuf = le32_to_cpu(rsp->MaxTransactSize);
+	/* set it to the maximum buffer size value we can send with 1 credit */
+	server->maxBuf = min_t(unsigned int, le32_to_cpu(rsp->MaxTransactSize),
+			       SMB2_MAX_BUFFER_SIZE);
 	server->max_read = le32_to_cpu(rsp->MaxReadSize);
 	server->max_write = le32_to_cpu(rsp->MaxWriteSize);
 	/* BB Do we need to validate the SecurityMode? */