diff --git a/fs/smb/client/cifsglob.h b/fs/smb/client/cifsglob.h
index 9093c507042f..c86a72c9d9ec 100644
--- a/fs/smb/client/cifsglob.h
+++ b/fs/smb/client/cifsglob.h
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
 #define SMB_INTERFACE_POLL_INTERVAL	600
 
 /* maximum number of PDUs in one compound */
-#define MAX_COMPOUND 5
+#define MAX_COMPOUND 7
 
 /*
  * Default number of credits to keep available for SMB3.
diff --git a/fs/smb/client/transport.c b/fs/smb/client/transport.c
index e00278fcfa4f..994d70193432 100644
--- a/fs/smb/client/transport.c
+++ b/fs/smb/client/transport.c
@@ -435,8 +435,8 @@ smb_send_rqst(struct TCP_Server_Info *server, int num_rqst,
 	if (!(flags & CIFS_TRANSFORM_REQ))
 		return __smb_send_rqst(server, num_rqst, rqst);
 
-	if (num_rqst > MAX_COMPOUND - 1)
-		return -ENOMEM;
+	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(num_rqst > MAX_COMPOUND - 1))
+		return -EIO;
 
 	if (!server->ops->init_transform_rq) {
 		cifs_server_dbg(VFS, "Encryption requested but transform callback is missing\n");