diff --git a/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c b/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c
index d00d7da93bd2..db7410462dc3 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c
@@ -1276,6 +1276,7 @@ SMB2_tcon(const unsigned int xid, struct cifs_ses *ses, const char *tree,
 	int unc_path_len;
 	__le16 *unc_path = NULL;
 	int flags = 0;
+	unsigned int total_len;
 
 	cifs_dbg(FYI, "TCON\n");
 
@@ -1297,7 +1298,8 @@ SMB2_tcon(const unsigned int xid, struct cifs_ses *ses, const char *tree,
 	if (tcon)
 		tcon->tid = 0;
 
-	rc = small_smb2_init(SMB2_TREE_CONNECT, tcon, (void **) &req);
+	rc = smb2_plain_req_init(SMB2_TREE_CONNECT, tcon, (void **) &req,
+			     &total_len);
 	if (rc) {
 		kfree(unc_path);
 		return rc;
@@ -1308,26 +1310,24 @@ SMB2_tcon(const unsigned int xid, struct cifs_ses *ses, const char *tree,
 			flags |= CIFS_TRANSFORM_REQ;
 
 		/* since no tcon, smb2_init can not do this, so do here */
-		req->hdr.sync_hdr.SessionId = ses->Suid;
+		req->sync_hdr.SessionId = ses->Suid;
 		if (ses->server->sign)
-			req->hdr.sync_hdr.Flags |= SMB2_FLAGS_SIGNED;
+			req->sync_hdr.Flags |= SMB2_FLAGS_SIGNED;
 	} else if (encryption_required(tcon))
 		flags |= CIFS_TRANSFORM_REQ;
 
 	iov[0].iov_base = (char *)req;
-	/* 4 for rfc1002 length field and 1 for pad */
-	iov[0].iov_len = get_rfc1002_length(req) + 4 - 1;
+	/* 1 for pad */
+	iov[0].iov_len = total_len - 1;
 
 	/* Testing shows that buffer offset must be at location of Buffer[0] */
 	req->PathOffset = cpu_to_le16(sizeof(struct smb2_tree_connect_req)
-			- 1 /* pad */ - 4 /* do not count rfc1001 len field */);
+			- 1 /* pad */);
 	req->PathLength = cpu_to_le16(unc_path_len - 2);
 	iov[1].iov_base = unc_path;
 	iov[1].iov_len = unc_path_len;
 
-	inc_rfc1001_len(req, unc_path_len - 1 /* pad */);
-
-	rc = SendReceive2(xid, ses, iov, 2, &resp_buftype, flags, &rsp_iov);
+	rc = smb2_send_recv(xid, ses, iov, 2, &resp_buftype, flags, &rsp_iov);
 	cifs_small_buf_release(req);
 	rsp = (struct smb2_tree_connect_rsp *)rsp_iov.iov_base;
 
diff --git a/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.h b/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.h
index b22bf8c6753e..f708f978dcf1 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.h
+++ b/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.h
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ struct smb2_logoff_rsp {
 #define SMB2_SHAREFLAG_CLUSTER_RECONNECT	0x0001
 
 struct smb2_tree_connect_req {
-	struct smb2_hdr hdr;
+	struct smb2_sync_hdr sync_hdr;
 	__le16 StructureSize;	/* Must be 9 */
 	__le16 Reserved; /* Flags in SMB3.1.1 */
 	__le16 PathOffset;