diff --git a/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.h b/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.h
index 4b27cb9105fd..e9cac7970b66 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.h
+++ b/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.h
@@ -394,6 +394,7 @@ struct smb2_compression_capabilities_context {
 	__u16	Padding;
 	__u32	Flags;
 	__le16	CompressionAlgorithms[3];
+	__u16	Pad;  /* Some servers require pad to DataLen multiple of 8 */
 	/* Check if pad needed */
 } __packed;