diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c b/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c
index 7cc7f83..64c2b60 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c
@@ -1430,6 +1430,8 @@ CIFSSMBWrite(const int xid, struct cifsTconInfo *tcon,
 	__u32 bytes_sent;
 	__u16 byte_count;
 
+	*nbytes = 0;
+
 	/* cFYI(1, ("write at %lld %d bytes", offset, count));*/
 	if (tcon->ses == NULL)
 		return -ECONNABORTED;
@@ -1510,10 +1512,9 @@ CIFSSMBWrite(const int xid, struct cifsTconInfo *tcon,
 	rc = SendReceive(xid, tcon->ses, (struct smb_hdr *) pSMB,
 			 (struct smb_hdr *) pSMBr, &bytes_returned, long_op);
 	cifs_stats_inc(&tcon->num_writes);
-	if (rc) {
+	if (rc)
 		cFYI(1, ("Send error in write = %d", rc));
-		*nbytes = 0;
-	} else {
+	else {
 		*nbytes = le16_to_cpu(pSMBr->CountHigh);
 		*nbytes = (*nbytes) << 16;
 		*nbytes += le16_to_cpu(pSMBr->Count);