diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsacl.h b/fs/cifs/cifsacl.h
index 4f3884835267..dd95a6fa24bf 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifsacl.h
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifsacl.h
@@ -98,4 +98,18 @@ struct cifs_ace {
 	struct cifs_sid sid; /* ie UUID of user or group who gets these perms */
 } __attribute__((packed));
 
+/*
+ * Minimum security identifier can be one for system defined Users
+ * and Groups such as NULL SID and World or Built-in accounts such
+ * as Administrator and Guest and consists of
+ * Revision + Num (Sub)Auths + Authority + Domain (one Subauthority)
+ */
+#define MIN_SID_LEN  (1 + 1 + 6 + 4) /* in bytes */
+
+/*
+ * Minimum security descriptor can be one without any SACL and DACL and can
+ * consist of revision, type, and two sids of minimum size for owner and group
+ */
+#define MIN_SEC_DESC_LEN  (sizeof(struct cifs_ntsd) + (2 * MIN_SID_LEN))
+
 #endif /* _CIFSACL_H */
diff --git a/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c b/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c
index 281fbc1dc720..e7a40703028f 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c
@@ -2492,8 +2492,7 @@ SMB2_query_acl(const unsigned int xid, struct cifs_tcon *tcon,
 
 	return query_info(xid, tcon, persistent_fid, volatile_fid,
 			  0, SMB2_O_INFO_SECURITY, additional_info,
-			  SMB2_MAX_BUFFER_SIZE,
-			  sizeof(struct smb2_file_all_info), data, plen);
+			  SMB2_MAX_BUFFER_SIZE, MIN_SEC_DESC_LEN, data, plen);
 }
 
 int