diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h b/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h
index 14db722c4b0d..18a961d32e0c 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h
@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@ struct smb_version_operations {
 				 struct mid_q_entry **);
 	enum securityEnum (*select_sectype)(struct TCP_Server_Info *,
 			    enum securityEnum);
-
+	int (*next_header)(char *);
 };
 
 struct smb_version_values {
diff --git a/fs/cifs/connect.c b/fs/cifs/connect.c
index 18a1cb4f2330..9bf79e1f0a05 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/connect.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/connect.c
@@ -840,6 +840,7 @@ cifs_demultiplex_thread(void *p)
 	int length;
 	struct TCP_Server_Info *server = p;
 	unsigned int pdu_length;
+	unsigned int next_offset;
 	char *buf = NULL;
 	struct task_struct *task_to_wake = NULL;
 	struct mid_q_entry *mid_entry;
@@ -877,17 +878,18 @@ cifs_demultiplex_thread(void *p)
 		 * so we can now interpret the length field.
 		 */
 		pdu_length = get_rfc1002_length(buf);
+next_pdu:
 		server->total_size = pdu_length;
 
-		cifs_dbg(FYI, "RFC1002 header 0x%x\n", pdu_length);
+		cifs_dbg(FYI, "RFC1002 header 0x%x\n", server->total_size);
 		if (!is_smb_response(server, buf[0]))
 			continue;
 
 		/* make sure we have enough to get to the MID */
-		if (pdu_length < HEADER_SIZE(server) - 1 -
+		if (server->total_size < HEADER_SIZE(server) - 1 -
 		    server->vals->header_preamble_size) {
 			cifs_dbg(VFS, "SMB response too short (%u bytes)\n",
-				 pdu_length);
+				 server->total_size);
 			cifs_reconnect(server);
 			wake_up(&server->response_q);
 			continue;
@@ -902,6 +904,12 @@ cifs_demultiplex_thread(void *p)
 			continue;
 		server->total_read += length;
 
+		if (server->ops->next_header) {
+			next_offset = server->ops->next_header(buf);
+			if (next_offset)
+				server->total_size = next_offset;
+		}
+
 		if (server->ops->is_transform_hdr &&
 		    server->ops->receive_transform &&
 		    server->ops->is_transform_hdr(buf))
@@ -947,6 +955,10 @@ cifs_demultiplex_thread(void *p)
 			cifs_dump_mids(server);
 #endif /* CIFS_DEBUG2 */
 
+			if (pdu_length > server->total_size) {
+				pdu_length -= server->total_size;
+				goto next_pdu;
+			}
 		}
 	} /* end while !EXITING */
 
diff --git a/fs/cifs/smb2ops.c b/fs/cifs/smb2ops.c
index fef40876a77a..58b12ed106cd 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/smb2ops.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/smb2ops.c
@@ -125,8 +125,8 @@ smb2_get_credits(struct mid_q_entry *mid)
 	char *buf = mid->resp_buf;
 	struct smb2_sync_hdr *shdr;
 
-	if ( *(__u32 *)buf == SMB2_PROTO_NUMBER ||
-	     *(__u32 *)buf == SMB2_TRANSFORM_PROTO_NUM)
+	if ( *(__le32 *)buf == SMB2_PROTO_NUMBER ||
+	     *(__le32 *)buf == SMB2_TRANSFORM_PROTO_NUM)
 		shdr = (struct smb2_sync_hdr *)buf;
 	else
 		shdr = (struct smb2_sync_hdr *)(buf + 4);
@@ -2718,6 +2718,24 @@ smb3_handle_read_data(struct TCP_Server_Info *server, struct mid_q_entry *mid)
 				NULL, 0, 0);
 }
 
+static int
+smb2_next_header(char *buf)
+{
+	struct smb2_sync_hdr *hdr = (struct smb2_sync_hdr *)buf;
+	struct smb2_transform_hdr *t_hdr = (struct smb2_transform_hdr *)buf;
+
+	/* FIXME: compounding.
+	 * How does compounding work with smb3 encryption?
+	 * For now, assume that we will have one transform header for each
+	 * smb2 header (and assume that smb2->NextOffset is 0 for all of them.)
+	 */
+	if (hdr->ProtocolId == SMB2_TRANSFORM_PROTO_NUM)
+		return sizeof(struct smb2_transform_hdr) +
+		  le32_to_cpu(t_hdr->OriginalMessageSize);
+
+	return le32_to_cpu(hdr->NextCommand);
+}
+
 struct smb_version_operations smb20_operations = {
 	.compare_fids = smb2_compare_fids,
 	.setup_request = smb2_setup_request,
@@ -2809,6 +2827,7 @@ struct smb_version_operations smb20_operations = {
 	.get_acl_by_fid = get_smb2_acl_by_fid,
 	.set_acl = set_smb2_acl,
 #endif /* CIFS_ACL */
+	.next_header = smb2_next_header,
 };
 
 struct smb_version_operations smb21_operations = {
@@ -2903,6 +2922,7 @@ struct smb_version_operations smb21_operations = {
 	.get_acl_by_fid = get_smb2_acl_by_fid,
 	.set_acl = set_smb2_acl,
 #endif /* CIFS_ACL */
+	.next_header = smb2_next_header,
 };
 
 struct smb_version_operations smb30_operations = {
@@ -3007,6 +3027,7 @@ struct smb_version_operations smb30_operations = {
 	.get_acl_by_fid = get_smb2_acl_by_fid,
 	.set_acl = set_smb2_acl,
 #endif /* CIFS_ACL */
+	.next_header = smb2_next_header,
 };
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_CIFS_SMB311
@@ -3107,6 +3128,7 @@ struct smb_version_operations smb311_operations = {
 	.query_all_EAs = smb2_query_eas,
 	.set_EA = smb2_set_ea,
 #endif /* CIFS_XATTR */
+	.next_header = smb2_next_header,
 };
 #endif /* CIFS_SMB311 */
 
