diff --git a/fs/smb/server/smb2misc.c b/fs/smb/server/smb2misc.c
index 03dded29a98042..7c872ffb4b0a98 100644
--- a/fs/smb/server/smb2misc.c
+++ b/fs/smb/server/smb2misc.c
@@ -107,7 +107,10 @@ static int smb2_get_data_area_len(unsigned int *off, unsigned int *len,
 	case SMB2_CREATE:
 	{
 		unsigned short int name_off =
-			le16_to_cpu(((struct smb2_create_req *)hdr)->NameOffset);
+			max_t(unsigned short int,
+			      le16_to_cpu(((struct smb2_create_req *)hdr)->NameOffset),
+			      offsetof(struct smb2_create_req, Buffer));
+
 		unsigned short int name_len =
 			le16_to_cpu(((struct smb2_create_req *)hdr)->NameLength);