diff --git a/fs/ksmbd/smb2pdu.c b/fs/ksmbd/smb2pdu.c
index f317ce2461ee..717bcd20545b 100644
--- a/fs/ksmbd/smb2pdu.c
+++ b/fs/ksmbd/smb2pdu.c
@@ -1356,7 +1356,7 @@ static struct ksmbd_user *session_user(struct ksmbd_conn *conn,
 	struct authenticate_message *authblob;
 	struct ksmbd_user *user;
 	char *name;
-	unsigned int auth_msg_len, name_off, name_len, secbuf_len;
+	unsigned int name_off, name_len, secbuf_len;
 
 	secbuf_len = le16_to_cpu(req->SecurityBufferLength);
 	if (secbuf_len < sizeof(struct authenticate_message)) {
@@ -1366,9 +1366,8 @@ static struct ksmbd_user *session_user(struct ksmbd_conn *conn,
 	authblob = user_authblob(conn, req);
 	name_off = le32_to_cpu(authblob->UserName.BufferOffset);
 	name_len = le16_to_cpu(authblob->UserName.Length);
-	auth_msg_len = le16_to_cpu(req->SecurityBufferOffset) + secbuf_len;
 
-	if (auth_msg_len < (u64)name_off + name_len)
+	if (secbuf_len < (u64)name_off + name_len)
 		return NULL;
 
 	name = smb_strndup_from_utf16((const char *)authblob + name_off,