diff --git a/fs/cifs/smb2misc.c b/fs/cifs/smb2misc.c
index 7177720e822e..d3d5d2c6c401 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/smb2misc.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/smb2misc.c
@@ -302,6 +302,9 @@ static const bool has_smb2_data_area[NUMBER_OF_SMB2_COMMANDS] = {
 char *
 smb2_get_data_area_len(int *off, int *len, struct smb2_sync_hdr *shdr)
 {
+	const int max_off = 4096;
+	const int max_len = 128 * 1024;
+
 	*off = 0;
 	*len = 0;
 
@@ -369,29 +372,20 @@ smb2_get_data_area_len(int *off, int *len, struct smb2_sync_hdr *shdr)
 	 * Invalid length or offset probably means data area is invalid, but
 	 * we have little choice but to ignore the data area in this case.
 	 */
-	if (*off > 4096) {
-		cifs_dbg(VFS, "offset %d too large, data area ignored\n", *off);
-		*len = 0;
-		*off = 0;
-	} else if (*off < 0) {
-		cifs_dbg(VFS, "negative offset %d to data invalid ignore data area\n",
-			 *off);
+	if (unlikely(*off < 0 || *off > max_off ||
+		     *len < 0 || *len > max_len)) {
+		cifs_dbg(VFS, "%s: invalid data area (off=%d len=%d)\n",
+			 __func__, *off, *len);
 		*off = 0;
 		*len = 0;
-	} else if (*len < 0) {
-		cifs_dbg(VFS, "negative data length %d invalid, data area ignored\n",
-			 *len);
-		*len = 0;
-	} else if (*len > 128 * 1024) {
-		cifs_dbg(VFS, "data area larger than 128K: %d\n", *len);
+	} else if (*off == 0) {
 		*len = 0;
 	}
 
 	/* return pointer to beginning of data area, ie offset from SMB start */
-	if ((*off != 0) && (*len != 0))
+	if (*off > 0 && *len > 0)
 		return (char *)shdr + *off;
-	else
-		return NULL;
+	return NULL;
 }
 
 /*