diff --git a/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c b/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c
index 1b906debe11d..78b329f07b3b 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c
@@ -1218,7 +1218,7 @@ SMB2_ioctl(const unsigned int xid, struct cifs_tcon *tcon, u64 persistent_fid,
 	struct smb2_ioctl_req *req;
 	struct smb2_ioctl_rsp *rsp;
 	struct TCP_Server_Info *server;
-	struct cifs_ses *ses = tcon->ses;
+	struct cifs_ses *ses;
 	struct kvec iov[2];
 	int resp_buftype;
 	int num_iovecs;
@@ -1233,6 +1233,11 @@ SMB2_ioctl(const unsigned int xid, struct cifs_tcon *tcon, u64 persistent_fid,
 	if (plen)
 		*plen = 0;
 
+	if (tcon)
+		ses = tcon->ses;
+	else
+		return -EIO;
+
 	if (ses && (ses->server))
 		server = ses->server;
 	else
@@ -1296,14 +1301,12 @@ SMB2_ioctl(const unsigned int xid, struct cifs_tcon *tcon, u64 persistent_fid,
 	rsp = (struct smb2_ioctl_rsp *)iov[0].iov_base;
 
 	if ((rc != 0) && (rc != -EINVAL)) {
-		if (tcon)
-			cifs_stats_fail_inc(tcon, SMB2_IOCTL_HE);
+		cifs_stats_fail_inc(tcon, SMB2_IOCTL_HE);
 		goto ioctl_exit;
 	} else if (rc == -EINVAL) {
 		if ((opcode != FSCTL_SRV_COPYCHUNK_WRITE) &&
 		    (opcode != FSCTL_SRV_COPYCHUNK)) {
-			if (tcon)
-				cifs_stats_fail_inc(tcon, SMB2_IOCTL_HE);
+			cifs_stats_fail_inc(tcon, SMB2_IOCTL_HE);
 			goto ioctl_exit;
 		}
 	}