diff --git a/fs/smb/server/smb2pdu.c b/fs/smb/server/smb2pdu.c
index 749660110878f..544022dd6d200 100644
--- a/fs/smb/server/smb2pdu.c
+++ b/fs/smb/server/smb2pdu.c
@@ -6312,7 +6312,7 @@ int smb2_read(struct ksmbd_work *work)
 						      aux_payload_buf,
 						      nbytes);
 		kvfree(aux_payload_buf);
-
+		aux_payload_buf = NULL;
 		nbytes = 0;
 		if (remain_bytes < 0) {
 			err = (int)remain_bytes;
diff --git a/fs/smb/server/smbacl.c b/fs/smb/server/smbacl.c
index e5e438bf54996..6c0305be895e5 100644
--- a/fs/smb/server/smbacl.c
+++ b/fs/smb/server/smbacl.c
@@ -1420,7 +1420,6 @@ int set_info_sec(struct ksmbd_conn *conn, struct ksmbd_tree_connect *tcon,
 out:
 	posix_acl_release(fattr.cf_acls);
 	posix_acl_release(fattr.cf_dacls);
-	mark_inode_dirty(inode);
 	return rc;
 }