diff --git a/fs/cifs/sess.c b/fs/cifs/sess.c
index c3d086e..a42e99c 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/sess.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/sess.c
@@ -364,19 +364,43 @@
 	sec_blob->DomainName.MaximumLength = 0;
 }
 
-/* We do not malloc the blob, it is passed in pbuffer, because its
-   maximum possible size is fixed and small, making this approach cleaner.
-   This function returns the length of the data in the blob */
-int build_ntlmssp_auth_blob(unsigned char *pbuffer,
+static int size_of_ntlmssp_blob(struct cifs_ses *ses)
+{
+	int sz = sizeof(AUTHENTICATE_MESSAGE) + ses->auth_key.len
+		- CIFS_SESS_KEY_SIZE + CIFS_CPHTXT_SIZE + 2;
+
+	if (ses->domainName)
+		sz += 2 * strnlen(ses->domainName, CIFS_MAX_DOMAINNAME_LEN);
+	else
+		sz += 2;
+
+	if (ses->user_name)
+		sz += 2 * strnlen(ses->user_name, CIFS_MAX_USERNAME_LEN);
+	else
+		sz += 2;
+
+	return sz;
+}
+
+int build_ntlmssp_auth_blob(unsigned char **pbuffer,
 					u16 *buflen,
 				   struct cifs_ses *ses,
 				   const struct nls_table *nls_cp)
 {
 	int rc;
-	AUTHENTICATE_MESSAGE *sec_blob = (AUTHENTICATE_MESSAGE *)pbuffer;
+	AUTHENTICATE_MESSAGE *sec_blob;
 	__u32 flags;
 	unsigned char *tmp;
 
+	rc = setup_ntlmv2_rsp(ses, nls_cp);
+	if (rc) {
+		cifs_dbg(VFS, "Error %d during NTLMSSP authentication\n", rc);
+		*buflen = 0;
+		goto setup_ntlmv2_ret;
+	}
+	*pbuffer = kmalloc(size_of_ntlmssp_blob(ses), GFP_KERNEL);
+	sec_blob = (AUTHENTICATE_MESSAGE *)*pbuffer;
+
 	memcpy(sec_blob->Signature, NTLMSSP_SIGNATURE, 8);
 	sec_blob->MessageType = NtLmAuthenticate;
 
@@ -391,7 +415,7 @@
 			flags |= NTLMSSP_NEGOTIATE_KEY_XCH;
 	}
 
-	tmp = pbuffer + sizeof(AUTHENTICATE_MESSAGE);
+	tmp = *pbuffer + sizeof(AUTHENTICATE_MESSAGE);
 	sec_blob->NegotiateFlags = cpu_to_le32(flags);
 
 	sec_blob->LmChallengeResponse.BufferOffset =
@@ -399,13 +423,9 @@
 	sec_blob->LmChallengeResponse.Length = 0;
 	sec_blob->LmChallengeResponse.MaximumLength = 0;
 
-	sec_blob->NtChallengeResponse.BufferOffset = cpu_to_le32(tmp - pbuffer);
+	sec_blob->NtChallengeResponse.BufferOffset =
+				cpu_to_le32(tmp - *pbuffer);
 	if (ses->user_name != NULL) {
-		rc = setup_ntlmv2_rsp(ses, nls_cp);
-		if (rc) {
-			cifs_dbg(VFS, "Error %d during NTLMSSP authentication\n", rc);
-			goto setup_ntlmv2_ret;
-		}
 		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;
@@ -423,7 +443,7 @@
 	}
 
 	if (ses->domainName == NULL) {
-		sec_blob->DomainName.BufferOffset = cpu_to_le32(tmp - pbuffer);
+		sec_blob->DomainName.BufferOffset = cpu_to_le32(tmp - *pbuffer);
 		sec_blob->DomainName.Length = 0;
 		sec_blob->DomainName.MaximumLength = 0;
 		tmp += 2;
@@ -432,14 +452,14 @@
 		len = cifs_strtoUTF16((__le16 *)tmp, ses->domainName,
 				      CIFS_MAX_DOMAINNAME_LEN, nls_cp);
 		len *= 2; /* unicode is 2 bytes each */
-		sec_blob->DomainName.BufferOffset = cpu_to_le32(tmp - pbuffer);
+		sec_blob->DomainName.BufferOffset = cpu_to_le32(tmp - *pbuffer);
 		sec_blob->DomainName.Length = cpu_to_le16(len);
 		sec_blob->DomainName.MaximumLength = cpu_to_le16(len);
 		tmp += len;
 	}
 
 	if (ses->user_name == NULL) {
-		sec_blob->UserName.BufferOffset = cpu_to_le32(tmp - pbuffer);
+		sec_blob->UserName.BufferOffset = cpu_to_le32(tmp - *pbuffer);
 		sec_blob->UserName.Length = 0;
 		sec_blob->UserName.MaximumLength = 0;
 		tmp += 2;
@@ -448,13 +468,13 @@
 		len = cifs_strtoUTF16((__le16 *)tmp, ses->user_name,
 				      CIFS_MAX_USERNAME_LEN, nls_cp);
 		len *= 2; /* unicode is 2 bytes each */
-		sec_blob->UserName.BufferOffset = cpu_to_le32(tmp - pbuffer);
+		sec_blob->UserName.BufferOffset = cpu_to_le32(tmp - *pbuffer);
 		sec_blob->UserName.Length = cpu_to_le16(len);
 		sec_blob->UserName.MaximumLength = cpu_to_le16(len);
 		tmp += len;
 	}
 
-	sec_blob->WorkstationName.BufferOffset = cpu_to_le32(tmp - pbuffer);
+	sec_blob->WorkstationName.BufferOffset = cpu_to_le32(tmp - *pbuffer);
 	sec_blob->WorkstationName.Length = 0;
 	sec_blob->WorkstationName.MaximumLength = 0;
 	tmp += 2;
@@ -463,19 +483,19 @@
 		(ses->ntlmssp->server_flags & NTLMSSP_NEGOTIATE_EXTENDED_SEC))
 			&& !calc_seckey(ses)) {
 		memcpy(tmp, ses->ntlmssp->ciphertext, CIFS_CPHTXT_SIZE);
-		sec_blob->SessionKey.BufferOffset = cpu_to_le32(tmp - pbuffer);
+		sec_blob->SessionKey.BufferOffset = cpu_to_le32(tmp - *pbuffer);
 		sec_blob->SessionKey.Length = cpu_to_le16(CIFS_CPHTXT_SIZE);
 		sec_blob->SessionKey.MaximumLength =
 				cpu_to_le16(CIFS_CPHTXT_SIZE);
 		tmp += CIFS_CPHTXT_SIZE;
 	} else {
-		sec_blob->SessionKey.BufferOffset = cpu_to_le32(tmp - pbuffer);
+		sec_blob->SessionKey.BufferOffset = cpu_to_le32(tmp - *pbuffer);
 		sec_blob->SessionKey.Length = 0;
 		sec_blob->SessionKey.MaximumLength = 0;
 	}
 
+	*buflen = tmp - *pbuffer;
 setup_ntlmv2_ret:
-	*buflen = tmp - pbuffer;
 	return rc;
 }
 
@@ -1266,7 +1286,7 @@
 	struct cifs_ses *ses = sess_data->ses;
 	__u16 bytes_remaining;
 	char *bcc_ptr;
-	char *ntlmsspblob = NULL;
+	unsigned char *ntlmsspblob = NULL;
 	u16 blob_len;
 
 	cifs_dbg(FYI, "rawntlmssp session setup authenticate phase\n");
@@ -1279,19 +1299,7 @@
 	/* Build security blob before we assemble the request */
 	pSMB = (SESSION_SETUP_ANDX *)sess_data->iov[0].iov_base;
 	smb_buf = (struct smb_hdr *)pSMB;
-	/*
-	 * 5 is an empirical value, large enough to hold
-	 * authenticate message plus max 10 of av paris,
-	 * domain, user, workstation names, flags, etc.
-	 */
-	ntlmsspblob = kzalloc(5*sizeof(struct _AUTHENTICATE_MESSAGE),
-				GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!ntlmsspblob) {
-		rc = -ENOMEM;
-		goto out;
-	}
-
-	rc = build_ntlmssp_auth_blob(ntlmsspblob,
+	rc = build_ntlmssp_auth_blob(&ntlmsspblob,
 					&blob_len, ses, sess_data->nls_cp);
 	if (rc)
 		goto out_free_ntlmsspblob;