diff --git a/fs/cifs/smb2ops.c b/fs/cifs/smb2ops.c
index b5c1cba3e6a17..662256fa2a189 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/smb2ops.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/smb2ops.c
@@ -1461,7 +1461,9 @@ smb2_ioctl_query_info(const unsigned int xid,
 					     COMPOUND_FID, COMPOUND_FID,
 					     qi.info_type, true, buffer,
 					     qi.output_buffer_length,
-					     CIFSMaxBufSize);
+					     CIFSMaxBufSize -
+					     MAX_SMB2_CREATE_RESPONSE_SIZE -
+					     MAX_SMB2_CLOSE_RESPONSE_SIZE);
 		}
 	} else if (qi.flags == PASSTHRU_SET_INFO) {
 		/* Can eventually relax perm check since server enforces too */
@@ -2634,7 +2636,10 @@ smb2_query_symlink(const unsigned int xid, struct cifs_tcon *tcon,
 
 	rc = SMB2_ioctl_init(tcon, &rqst[1], fid.persistent_fid,
 			     fid.volatile_fid, FSCTL_GET_REPARSE_POINT,
-			     true /* is_fctl */, NULL, 0, CIFSMaxBufSize);
+			     true /* is_fctl */, NULL, 0,
+			     CIFSMaxBufSize -
+			     MAX_SMB2_CREATE_RESPONSE_SIZE -
+			     MAX_SMB2_CLOSE_RESPONSE_SIZE);
 	if (rc)
 		goto querty_exit;