diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h b/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h
index bd78da59a4fd..07a698d7b103 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h
@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@ struct smb_version_operations {
 	void (*set_oplock_level)(struct cifsInodeInfo *, __u32, unsigned int,
 				 bool *);
 	/* create lease context buffer for CREATE request */
-	char * (*create_lease_buf)(u8 *, u8);
+	char * (*create_lease_buf)(u8 *lease_key, u8 oplock);
 	/* parse lease context buffer and return oplock/epoch info */
 	__u8 (*parse_lease_buf)(void *buf, unsigned int *epoch, char *lkey);
 	ssize_t (*copychunk_range)(const unsigned int,
diff --git a/fs/cifs/smb2file.c b/fs/cifs/smb2file.c
index 788412675723..4ed10dd086e6 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/smb2file.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/smb2file.c
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ smb2_open_file(const unsigned int xid, struct cifs_open_parms *oparms,
 	int rc;
 	__le16 *smb2_path;
 	struct smb2_file_all_info *smb2_data = NULL;
-	__u8 smb2_oplock[17];
+	__u8 smb2_oplock;
 	struct cifs_fid *fid = oparms->fid;
 	struct network_resiliency_req nr_ioctl_req;
 
@@ -59,12 +59,9 @@ smb2_open_file(const unsigned int xid, struct cifs_open_parms *oparms,
 	}
 
 	oparms->desired_access |= FILE_READ_ATTRIBUTES;
-	*smb2_oplock = SMB2_OPLOCK_LEVEL_BATCH;
+	smb2_oplock = SMB2_OPLOCK_LEVEL_BATCH;
 
-	if (oparms->tcon->ses->server->capabilities & SMB2_GLOBAL_CAP_LEASING)
-		memcpy(smb2_oplock + 1, fid->lease_key, SMB2_LEASE_KEY_SIZE);
-
-	rc = SMB2_open(xid, oparms, smb2_path, smb2_oplock, smb2_data, NULL,
+	rc = SMB2_open(xid, oparms, smb2_path, &smb2_oplock, smb2_data, NULL,
 		       NULL);
 	if (rc)
 		goto out;
@@ -101,7 +98,7 @@ smb2_open_file(const unsigned int xid, struct cifs_open_parms *oparms,
 		move_smb2_info_to_cifs(buf, smb2_data);
 	}
 
-	*oplock = *smb2_oplock;
+	*oplock = smb2_oplock;
 out:
 	kfree(smb2_data);
 	kfree(smb2_path);
diff --git a/fs/cifs/smb2ops.c b/fs/cifs/smb2ops.c
index 0356b5559c71..f684871a6d3d 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/smb2ops.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/smb2ops.c
@@ -2219,8 +2219,7 @@ smb2_create_lease_buf(u8 *lease_key, u8 oplock)
 	if (!buf)
 		return NULL;
 
-	buf->lcontext.LeaseKeyLow = cpu_to_le64(*((u64 *)lease_key));
-	buf->lcontext.LeaseKeyHigh = cpu_to_le64(*((u64 *)(lease_key + 8)));
+	memcpy(&buf->lcontext.LeaseKey, lease_key, SMB2_LEASE_KEY_SIZE);
 	buf->lcontext.LeaseState = map_oplock_to_lease(oplock);
 
 	buf->ccontext.DataOffset = cpu_to_le16(offsetof
@@ -2246,8 +2245,7 @@ smb3_create_lease_buf(u8 *lease_key, u8 oplock)
 	if (!buf)
 		return NULL;
 
-	buf->lcontext.LeaseKeyLow = cpu_to_le64(*((u64 *)lease_key));
-	buf->lcontext.LeaseKeyHigh = cpu_to_le64(*((u64 *)(lease_key + 8)));
+	memcpy(&buf->lcontext.LeaseKey, lease_key, SMB2_LEASE_KEY_SIZE);
 	buf->lcontext.LeaseState = map_oplock_to_lease(oplock);
 
 	buf->ccontext.DataOffset = cpu_to_le16(offsetof
@@ -2284,8 +2282,7 @@ smb3_parse_lease_buf(void *buf, unsigned int *epoch, char *lease_key)
 	if (lc->lcontext.LeaseFlags & SMB2_LEASE_FLAG_BREAK_IN_PROGRESS)
 		return SMB2_OPLOCK_LEVEL_NOCHANGE;
 	if (lease_key)
-		memcpy(lease_key, &lc->lcontext.LeaseKeyLow,
-		       SMB2_LEASE_KEY_SIZE);
+		memcpy(lease_key, &lc->lcontext.LeaseKey, SMB2_LEASE_KEY_SIZE);
 	return le32_to_cpu(lc->lcontext.LeaseState);
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c b/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c
index 810b85787c91..b49b6ecf5b6f 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c
@@ -1707,12 +1707,12 @@ parse_lease_state(struct TCP_Server_Info *server, struct smb2_create_rsp *rsp,
 
 static int
 add_lease_context(struct TCP_Server_Info *server, struct kvec *iov,
-		  unsigned int *num_iovec, __u8 *oplock)
+		  unsigned int *num_iovec, u8 *lease_key, __u8 *oplock)
 {
 	struct smb2_create_req *req = iov[0].iov_base;
 	unsigned int num = *num_iovec;
 
-	iov[num].iov_base = server->ops->create_lease_buf(oplock+1, *oplock);
+	iov[num].iov_base = server->ops->create_lease_buf(lease_key, *oplock);
 	if (iov[num].iov_base == NULL)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	iov[num].iov_len = server->vals->create_lease_size;
@@ -2172,7 +2172,8 @@ SMB2_open(const unsigned int xid, struct cifs_open_parms *oparms, __le16 *path,
 	    *oplock == SMB2_OPLOCK_LEVEL_NONE)
 		req->RequestedOplockLevel = *oplock;
 	else {
-		rc = add_lease_context(server, iov, &n_iov, oplock);
+		rc = add_lease_context(server, iov, &n_iov,
+				       oparms->fid->lease_key, oplock);
 		if (rc) {
 			cifs_small_buf_release(req);
 			kfree(copy_path);
diff --git a/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.h b/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.h
index 824dddeee3f2..a671adcc44a6 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.h
+++ b/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.h
@@ -678,16 +678,14 @@ struct create_context {
 #define SMB2_LEASE_KEY_SIZE 16
 
 struct lease_context {
-	__le64 LeaseKeyLow;
-	__le64 LeaseKeyHigh;
+	u8 LeaseKey[SMB2_LEASE_KEY_SIZE];
 	__le32 LeaseState;
 	__le32 LeaseFlags;
 	__le64 LeaseDuration;
 } __packed;
 
 struct lease_context_v2 {
-	__le64 LeaseKeyLow;
-	__le64 LeaseKeyHigh;
+	u8 LeaseKey[SMB2_LEASE_KEY_SIZE];
 	__le32 LeaseState;
 	__le32 LeaseFlags;
 	__le64 LeaseDuration;
