diff --git a/fs/cifs/smb2ops.c b/fs/cifs/smb2ops.c
index 73f9c6af4065..153238fc4fa9 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/smb2ops.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/smb2ops.c
@@ -154,7 +154,11 @@ smb2_get_credits(struct mid_q_entry *mid)
 {
 	struct smb2_sync_hdr *shdr = (struct smb2_sync_hdr *)mid->resp_buf;
 
-	return le16_to_cpu(shdr->CreditRequest);
+	if (mid->mid_state == MID_RESPONSE_RECEIVED
+	    || mid->mid_state == MID_RESPONSE_MALFORMED)
+		return le16_to_cpu(shdr->CreditRequest);
+
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static int
diff --git a/fs/cifs/transport.c b/fs/cifs/transport.c
index 202e0e84efdd..53532bd3f50d 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/transport.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/transport.c
@@ -786,17 +786,8 @@ static void
 cifs_compound_callback(struct mid_q_entry *mid)
 {
 	struct TCP_Server_Info *server = mid->server;
-	unsigned int optype = mid->optype;
-	unsigned int credits_received = 0;
 
-	if (mid->mid_state == MID_RESPONSE_RECEIVED) {
-		if (mid->resp_buf)
-			credits_received = server->ops->get_credits(mid);
-		else
-			cifs_dbg(FYI, "Bad state for cancelled MID\n");
-	}
-
-	add_credits(server, credits_received, optype);
+	add_credits(server, server->ops->get_credits(mid), mid->optype);
 }
 
 static void