diff --git a/fs/smb/server/smb2pdu.c b/fs/smb/server/smb2pdu.c
index f1a0bce0c1f7..2bc275ed450a 100644
--- a/fs/smb/server/smb2pdu.c
+++ b/fs/smb/server/smb2pdu.c
@@ -9368,10 +9368,13 @@ void smb3_preauth_hash_rsp(struct ksmbd_work *work)
 
 	WORK_BUFFERS(work, req, rsp);
 
-	if (le16_to_cpu(req->Command) == SMB2_NEGOTIATE_HE &&
-	    conn->preauth_info)
-		ksmbd_gen_preauth_integrity_hash(conn, work->response_buf,
-						 conn->preauth_info->Preauth_HashValue);
+	if (le16_to_cpu(req->Command) == SMB2_NEGOTIATE_HE) {
+		ksmbd_conn_lock(conn);
+		if (conn->preauth_info)
+			ksmbd_gen_preauth_integrity_hash(conn, work->response_buf,
+							 conn->preauth_info->Preauth_HashValue);
+		ksmbd_conn_unlock(conn);
+	}
 
 	if (le16_to_cpu(rsp->Command) == SMB2_SESSION_SETUP_HE && sess) {
 		__u8 *hash_value;