diff --git a/fs/smb/client/connect.c b/fs/smb/client/connect.c
index 97776dd12b6b..556f3c31aedc 100644
--- a/fs/smb/client/connect.c
+++ b/fs/smb/client/connect.c
@@ -2015,9 +2015,10 @@ cifs_find_smb_ses(struct TCP_Server_Info *server, struct smb3_fs_context *ctx)
 
 void __cifs_put_smb_ses(struct cifs_ses *ses)
 {
-	unsigned int rc, xid;
-	unsigned int chan_count;
 	struct TCP_Server_Info *server = ses->server;
+	unsigned int xid;
+	size_t i;
+	int rc;
 
 	spin_lock(&ses->ses_lock);
 	if (ses->ses_status == SES_EXITING) {
@@ -2063,20 +2064,14 @@ void __cifs_put_smb_ses(struct cifs_ses *ses)
 	list_del_init(&ses->smb_ses_list);
 	spin_unlock(&cifs_tcp_ses_lock);
 
-	chan_count = ses->chan_count;
-
 	/* close any extra channels */
-	if (chan_count > 1) {
-		int i;
-
-		for (i = 1; i < chan_count; i++) {
-			if (ses->chans[i].iface) {
-				kref_put(&ses->chans[i].iface->refcount, release_iface);
-				ses->chans[i].iface = NULL;
-			}
-			cifs_put_tcp_session(ses->chans[i].server, 0);
-			ses->chans[i].server = NULL;
+	for (i = 1; i < ses->chan_count; i++) {
+		if (ses->chans[i].iface) {
+			kref_put(&ses->chans[i].iface->refcount, release_iface);
+			ses->chans[i].iface = NULL;
 		}
+		cifs_put_tcp_session(ses->chans[i].server, 0);
+		ses->chans[i].server = NULL;
 	}
 
 	/* we now account for primary channel in iface->refcount */