diff --git a/fs/smb/client/smb2ops.c b/fs/smb/client/smb2ops.c
index 2964f461fc84..c862a98e52df 100644
--- a/fs/smb/client/smb2ops.c
+++ b/fs/smb/client/smb2ops.c
@@ -5111,6 +5111,12 @@ receive_encrypted_standard(struct TCP_Server_Info *server,
 one_more:
 	shdr = (struct smb2_hdr *)buf;
 	next_cmd = le32_to_cpu(shdr->NextCommand);
+
+	if (*num_mids >= MAX_COMPOUND) {
+		cifs_server_dbg(VFS, "too many PDUs in compound\n");
+		return -1;
+	}
+
 	if (next_cmd) {
 		if (WARN_ON_ONCE(next_cmd > pdu_length))
 			return -1;
@@ -5134,10 +5140,6 @@ receive_encrypted_standard(struct TCP_Server_Info *server,
 		mid_entry->resp_buf_size = server->pdu_size;
 	}
 
-	if (*num_mids >= MAX_COMPOUND) {
-		cifs_server_dbg(VFS, "too many PDUs in compound\n");
-		return -1;
-	}
 	bufs[*num_mids] = buf;
 	mids[(*num_mids)++] = mid_entry;