diff --git a/fs/cifs/CHANGES b/fs/cifs/CHANGES
index 41e3b6a9397c..ea359a0038d9 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/CHANGES
+++ b/fs/cifs/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Version 1.51
+------------
+Fix memory leak in statfs when mounted to very old servers (e.g.
+Windows 9x)
+
 Version 1.50
 ------------
 Fix NTLMv2 signing. NFS server mounted over cifs works (if cifs mount is
diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c b/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c
index cc05a26ab07a..a6ff324bc135 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c
@@ -4045,10 +4045,6 @@ oldQFSInfoRetry:
 		(void **) &pSMBr);
 	if (rc)
 		return rc;
-	rc = smb_init(SMB_COM_TRANSACTION2, 15, tcon, (void **) &pSMB,
-		      (void **) &pSMBr);
-	if (rc)
-		return rc;
 
 	params = 2;     /* level */
 	pSMB->TotalDataCount = 0;