diff --git a/fs/cifs/file.c b/fs/cifs/file.c
index 8f69178..a3b545f 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/file.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/file.c
@@ -1758,6 +1758,7 @@
 	struct smb_com_read_rsp *pSMBr;
 	struct cifs_io_parms io_parms;
 	char *read_data;
+	unsigned int rsize;
 	__u32 pid;
 
 	if (!nr_segs)
@@ -1770,6 +1771,9 @@
 	xid = GetXid();
 	cifs_sb = CIFS_SB(file->f_path.dentry->d_sb);
 
+	/* FIXME: set up handlers for larger reads and/or convert to async */
+	rsize = min_t(unsigned int, cifs_sb->rsize, CIFSMaxBufSize);
+
 	open_file = file->private_data;
 	pTcon = tlink_tcon(open_file->tlink);
 
@@ -1782,7 +1786,7 @@
 		cFYI(1, "attempting read on write only file instance");
 
 	for (total_read = 0; total_read < len; total_read += bytes_read) {
-		cur_len = min_t(const size_t, len - total_read, cifs_sb->rsize);
+		cur_len = min_t(const size_t, len - total_read, rsize);
 		rc = -EAGAIN;
 		read_data = NULL;
 
@@ -1874,6 +1878,7 @@
 	unsigned int bytes_read = 0;
 	unsigned int total_read;
 	unsigned int current_read_size;
+	unsigned int rsize;
 	struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb;
 	struct cifs_tcon *pTcon;
 	int xid;
@@ -1886,6 +1891,9 @@
 	xid = GetXid();
 	cifs_sb = CIFS_SB(file->f_path.dentry->d_sb);
 
+	/* FIXME: set up handlers for larger reads and/or convert to async */
+	rsize = min_t(unsigned int, cifs_sb->rsize, CIFSMaxBufSize);
+
 	if (file->private_data == NULL) {
 		rc = -EBADF;
 		FreeXid(xid);
@@ -1905,8 +1913,8 @@
 	for (total_read = 0, current_offset = read_data;
 	     read_size > total_read;
 	     total_read += bytes_read, current_offset += bytes_read) {
-		current_read_size = min_t(uint, read_size - total_read,
-					  cifs_sb->rsize);
+		current_read_size = min_t(uint, read_size - total_read, rsize);
+
 		/* For windows me and 9x we do not want to request more
 		than it negotiated since it will refuse the read then */
 		if ((pTcon->ses) &&