diff --git a/fs/ksmbd/smb2pdu.c b/fs/ksmbd/smb2pdu.c
index 6c4ea5e3802c608d65a969292ba11b68759bd9c5..13f2a81d36216f36fdaf7e546e6ec60b17ff1af2 100644
--- a/fs/ksmbd/smb2pdu.c
+++ b/fs/ksmbd/smb2pdu.c
@@ -1826,8 +1826,6 @@ int smb2_sess_setup(struct ksmbd_work *work)
 				ksmbd_conn_set_good(conn);
 				sess->state = SMB2_SESSION_VALID;
 			}
-			kfree(sess->Preauth_HashValue);
-			sess->Preauth_HashValue = NULL;
 		} else if (conn->preferred_auth_mech == KSMBD_AUTH_NTLMSSP) {
 			if (negblob->MessageType == NtLmNegotiate) {
 				rc = ntlm_negotiate(work, negblob, negblob_len, rsp);
@@ -1861,8 +1859,6 @@ int smb2_sess_setup(struct ksmbd_work *work)
 						kfree(preauth_sess);
 					}
 				}
-				kfree(sess->Preauth_HashValue);
-				sess->Preauth_HashValue = NULL;
 			} else {
 				pr_info_ratelimited("Unknown NTLMSSP message type : 0x%x\n",
 						le32_to_cpu(negblob->MessageType));