diff --git a/fs/smb/client/cifsproto.h b/fs/smb/client/cifsproto.h
index 85b0a30493a6384ef8e06e145411f2e2c7d913a1..a892ded5e7fb0862b92f34d0b4be337947f14aed 100644
--- a/fs/smb/client/cifsproto.h
+++ b/fs/smb/client/cifsproto.h
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ extern void cifs_small_buf_release(void *);
 extern void free_rsp_buf(int, void *);
 extern int smb_send(struct TCP_Server_Info *, struct smb_hdr *,
 			unsigned int /* length */);
+extern int smb_send_kvec(struct TCP_Server_Info *server,
+			 struct msghdr *msg,
+			 size_t *sent);
 extern unsigned int _get_xid(void);
 extern void _free_xid(unsigned int);
 #define get_xid()							\
diff --git a/fs/smb/client/connect.c b/fs/smb/client/connect.c
index af92c40877e4fab6a3c28f9c181fc62d66ce5987..fc7ba11655f57906ba1679ed027963282a732175 100644
--- a/fs/smb/client/connect.c
+++ b/fs/smb/client/connect.c
@@ -3060,8 +3060,10 @@ ip_rfc1001_connect(struct TCP_Server_Info *server)
 	 * sessinit is sent but no second negprot
 	 */
 	struct rfc1002_session_packet req = {};
-	struct smb_hdr *smb_buf = (struct smb_hdr *)&req;
+	struct msghdr msg = {};
+	struct kvec iov = {};
 	unsigned int len;
+	size_t sent;
 
 	req.trailer.session_req.called_len = sizeof(req.trailer.session_req.called_name);
 
@@ -3090,10 +3092,18 @@ ip_rfc1001_connect(struct TCP_Server_Info *server)
 	 * As per rfc1002, @len must be the number of bytes that follows the
 	 * length field of a rfc1002 session request payload.
 	 */
-	len = sizeof(req) - offsetof(struct rfc1002_session_packet, trailer.session_req);
+	len = sizeof(req.trailer.session_req);
+	req.type = RFC1002_SESSION_REQUEST;
+	req.flags = 0;
+	req.length = cpu_to_be16(len);
+	len += offsetof(typeof(req), trailer.session_req);
+	iov.iov_base = &req;
+	iov.iov_len = len;
+	iov_iter_kvec(&msg.msg_iter, ITER_SOURCE, &iov, 1, len);
+	rc = smb_send_kvec(server, &msg, &sent);
+	if (rc < 0 || len != sent)
+		return (rc == -EINTR || rc == -EAGAIN) ? rc : -ECONNABORTED;
 
-	smb_buf->smb_buf_length = cpu_to_be32((RFC1002_SESSION_REQUEST << 24) | len);
-	rc = smb_send(server, smb_buf, len);
 	/*
 	 * RFC1001 layer in at least one server requires very short break before
 	 * negprot presumably because not expecting negprot to follow so fast.
@@ -3102,7 +3112,7 @@ ip_rfc1001_connect(struct TCP_Server_Info *server)
 	 */
 	usleep_range(1000, 2000);
 
-	return rc;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static int
diff --git a/fs/smb/client/transport.c b/fs/smb/client/transport.c
index ddf1a3aafee5c6f1e4f9c6ed4db54c48fcc8a84a..2269963e500819f2e10eb2708448839ca777ff1b 100644
--- a/fs/smb/client/transport.c
+++ b/fs/smb/client/transport.c
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ delete_mid(struct mid_q_entry *mid)
  * Our basic "send data to server" function. Should be called with srv_mutex
  * held. The caller is responsible for handling the results.
  */
-static int
+int
 smb_send_kvec(struct TCP_Server_Info *server, struct msghdr *smb_msg,
 	      size_t *sent)
 {