diff --git a/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c b/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c
index 01346b8b6edb..b1c2cc8ef55f 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c
@@ -398,8 +398,8 @@ small_smb2_init(__le16 smb2_command, struct cifs_tcon *tcon,
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_CIFS_SMB311
-/* offset is sizeof smb2_negotiate_req - 4 but rounded up to 8 bytes */
-#define OFFSET_OF_NEG_CONTEXT 0x68  /* sizeof(struct smb2_negotiate_req) - 4 */
+/* offset is sizeof smb2_negotiate_req but rounded up to 8 bytes */
+#define OFFSET_OF_NEG_CONTEXT 0x68  /* sizeof(struct smb2_negotiate_req) */
 
 
 #define SMB2_PREAUTH_INTEGRITY_CAPABILITIES	cpu_to_le16(1)
@@ -427,23 +427,25 @@ build_encrypt_ctxt(struct smb2_encryption_neg_context *pneg_ctxt)
 }
 
 static void
-assemble_neg_contexts(struct smb2_negotiate_req *req)
+assemble_neg_contexts(struct smb2_negotiate_req *req,
+		      unsigned int *total_len)
 {
-
-	/* +4 is to account for the RFC1001 len field */
-	char *pneg_ctxt = (char *)req + OFFSET_OF_NEG_CONTEXT + 4;
+	char *pneg_ctxt = (char *)req + OFFSET_OF_NEG_CONTEXT;
 
 	build_preauth_ctxt((struct smb2_preauth_neg_context *)pneg_ctxt);
 	/* Add 2 to size to round to 8 byte boundary */
+
 	pneg_ctxt += 2 + sizeof(struct smb2_preauth_neg_context);
 	build_encrypt_ctxt((struct smb2_encryption_neg_context *)pneg_ctxt);
 	req->NegotiateContextOffset = cpu_to_le32(OFFSET_OF_NEG_CONTEXT);
 	req->NegotiateContextCount = cpu_to_le16(2);
-	inc_rfc1001_len(req, 4 + sizeof(struct smb2_preauth_neg_context)
-			+ sizeof(struct smb2_encryption_neg_context)); /* calculate hash */
+
+	*total_len += 4 + sizeof(struct smb2_preauth_neg_context)
+		+ sizeof(struct smb2_encryption_neg_context);
 }
 #else
-static void assemble_neg_contexts(struct smb2_negotiate_req *req)
+static void assemble_neg_contexts(struct smb2_negotiate_req *req,
+				  unsigned int *total_len)
 {
 	return;
 }
@@ -477,6 +479,7 @@ SMB2_negotiate(const unsigned int xid, struct cifs_ses *ses)
 	int blob_offset, blob_length;
 	char *security_blob;
 	int flags = CIFS_NEG_OP;
+	unsigned int total_len;
 
 	cifs_dbg(FYI, "Negotiate protocol\n");
 
@@ -485,30 +488,30 @@ SMB2_negotiate(const unsigned int xid, struct cifs_ses *ses)
 		return -EIO;
 	}
 
-	rc = small_smb2_init(SMB2_NEGOTIATE, NULL, (void **) &req);
+	rc = smb2_plain_req_init(SMB2_NEGOTIATE, NULL, (void **) &req, &total_len);
 	if (rc)
 		return rc;
 
-	req->hdr.sync_hdr.SessionId = 0;
+	req->sync_hdr.SessionId = 0;
 
 	if (strcmp(ses->server->vals->version_string,
 		   SMB3ANY_VERSION_STRING) == 0) {
 		req->Dialects[0] = cpu_to_le16(SMB30_PROT_ID);
 		req->Dialects[1] = cpu_to_le16(SMB302_PROT_ID);
 		req->DialectCount = cpu_to_le16(2);
-		inc_rfc1001_len(req, 4);
+		total_len += 4;
 	} else if (strcmp(ses->server->vals->version_string,
 		   SMBDEFAULT_VERSION_STRING) == 0) {
 		req->Dialects[0] = cpu_to_le16(SMB21_PROT_ID);
 		req->Dialects[1] = cpu_to_le16(SMB30_PROT_ID);
 		req->Dialects[2] = cpu_to_le16(SMB302_PROT_ID);
 		req->DialectCount = cpu_to_le16(3);
-		inc_rfc1001_len(req, 6);
+		total_len += 6;
 	} else {
 		/* otherwise send specific dialect */
 		req->Dialects[0] = cpu_to_le16(ses->server->vals->protocol_id);
 		req->DialectCount = cpu_to_le16(1);
-		inc_rfc1001_len(req, 2);
+		total_len += 2;
 	}
 
 	/* only one of SMB2 signing flags may be set in SMB2 request */
@@ -528,13 +531,12 @@ SMB2_negotiate(const unsigned int xid, struct cifs_ses *ses)
 		memcpy(req->ClientGUID, server->client_guid,
 			SMB2_CLIENT_GUID_SIZE);
 		if (ses->server->vals->protocol_id == SMB311_PROT_ID)
-			assemble_neg_contexts(req);
+			assemble_neg_contexts(req, &total_len);
 	}
 	iov[0].iov_base = (char *)req;
-	/* 4 for rfc1002 length field */
-	iov[0].iov_len = get_rfc1002_length(req) + 4;
+	iov[0].iov_len = total_len;
 
-	rc = SendReceive2(xid, ses, iov, 1, &resp_buftype, flags, &rsp_iov);
+	rc = smb2_send_recv(xid, ses, iov, 1, &resp_buftype, flags, &rsp_iov);
 	cifs_small_buf_release(req);
 	rsp = (struct smb2_negotiate_rsp *)rsp_iov.iov_base;
 	/*
diff --git a/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.h b/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.h
index c2ec934be968..0fe2382597ad 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.h
+++ b/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.h
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ struct smb2_symlink_err_rsp {
 #define SMB2_CLIENT_GUID_SIZE 16
 
 struct smb2_negotiate_req {
-	struct smb2_hdr hdr;
+	struct smb2_sync_hdr sync_hdr;
 	__le16 StructureSize; /* Must be 36 */
 	__le16 DialectCount;
 	__le16 SecurityMode;