diff --git a/fs/smb/client/smb2inode.c b/fs/smb/client/smb2inode.c
index 1c4663ed7e69..5280c5c869ad 100644
--- a/fs/smb/client/smb2inode.c
+++ b/fs/smb/client/smb2inode.c
@@ -1216,6 +1216,7 @@ smb2_unlink(const unsigned int xid, struct cifs_tcon *tcon, const char *name,
 	memset(resp_buftype, 0, sizeof(resp_buftype));
 	memset(rsp_iov, 0, sizeof(rsp_iov));
 
+	memset(open_iov, 0, sizeof(open_iov));
 	rqst[0].rq_iov = open_iov;
 	rqst[0].rq_nvec = ARRAY_SIZE(open_iov);
 
@@ -1240,14 +1241,15 @@ smb2_unlink(const unsigned int xid, struct cifs_tcon *tcon, const char *name,
 	creq = rqst[0].rq_iov[0].iov_base;
 	creq->ShareAccess = FILE_SHARE_DELETE_LE;
 
+	memset(&close_iov, 0, sizeof(close_iov));
 	rqst[1].rq_iov = &close_iov;
 	rqst[1].rq_nvec = 1;
 
 	rc = SMB2_close_init(tcon, server, &rqst[1],
 			     COMPOUND_FID, COMPOUND_FID, false);
-	smb2_set_related(&rqst[1]);
 	if (rc)
 		goto err_free;
+	smb2_set_related(&rqst[1]);
 
 	if (retries) {
 		/* Back-off before retry */