diff --git a/fs/smb/server/smb2pdu.c b/fs/smb/server/smb2pdu.c
index ba0fe25bf366..8c589110460a 100644
--- a/fs/smb/server/smb2pdu.c
+++ b/fs/smb/server/smb2pdu.c
@@ -8657,13 +8657,18 @@ static noinline int smb2_read_pipe(struct ksmbd_work *work)
 		}
 
 		aux_payload_buf =
-			kvmalloc(rpc_resp->payload_sz, KSMBD_DEFAULT_GFP);
+			kvmalloc(ALIGN(rpc_resp->payload_sz, 8),
+				 KSMBD_DEFAULT_GFP);
 		if (!aux_payload_buf) {
 			err = -ENOMEM;
 			goto out;
 		}
 
 		memcpy(aux_payload_buf, rpc_resp->payload, rpc_resp->payload_sz);
+		if (rpc_resp->payload_sz & 7)
+			memset(aux_payload_buf + rpc_resp->payload_sz, 0,
+			       ALIGN(rpc_resp->payload_sz, 8) -
+			       rpc_resp->payload_sz);
 
 		nbytes = rpc_resp->payload_sz;
 		err = ksmbd_iov_pin_rsp_read(work, (void *)rsp,