diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifspdu.h b/fs/cifs/cifspdu.h
index f5b8730..1ce733f 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifspdu.h
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifspdu.h
@@ -2086,17 +2086,21 @@ typedef struct dfs_referral_level_3 { /* version 4 is same, + one flag bit */
 	__u8   ServiceSiteGuid[16];  /* MBZ, ignored */
 } __attribute__((packed)) REFERRAL3;
 
-typedef struct smb_com_transaction_get_dfs_refer_rsp {
-	struct smb_hdr hdr;	/* wct = 10 */
-	struct trans2_resp t2;
-	__u16 ByteCount;
-	__u8 Pad;
+struct get_dfs_referral_rsp {
 	__le16 PathConsumed;
 	__le16 NumberOfReferrals;
 	__le32 DFSFlags;
 	REFERRAL3 referrals[1];	/* array of level 3 dfs_referral structures */
 	/* followed by the strings pointed to by the referral structures */
-} __attribute__((packed)) TRANSACTION2_GET_DFS_REFER_RSP;
+} __packed;
+
+typedef struct smb_com_transaction_get_dfs_refer_rsp {
+	struct smb_hdr hdr;	/* wct = 10 */
+	struct trans2_resp t2;
+	__u16 ByteCount;
+	__u8 Pad;
+	struct get_dfs_referral_rsp dfs_data;
+} __packed TRANSACTION2_GET_DFS_REFER_RSP;
 
 /* DFS Flags */
 #define DFSREF_REFERRAL_SERVER  0x00000001 /* all targets are DFS roots */
diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsproto.h b/fs/cifs/cifsproto.h
index 406d2c1..c097830 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifsproto.h
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifsproto.h
@@ -284,6 +284,11 @@ extern int get_dfs_path(const unsigned int xid, struct cifs_ses *ses,
 			const struct nls_table *nls_codepage,
 			unsigned int *num_referrals,
 			struct dfs_info3_param **referrals, int remap);
+extern int parse_dfs_referrals(struct get_dfs_referral_rsp *rsp, u32 rsp_size,
+			       unsigned int *num_of_nodes,
+			       struct dfs_info3_param **target_nodes,
+			       const struct nls_table *nls_codepage, int remap,
+			       const char *searchName, bool is_unicode);
 extern void reset_cifs_unix_caps(unsigned int xid, struct cifs_tcon *tcon,
 				 struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb,
 				 struct smb_vol *vol);
diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c b/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c
index f5099fb..5005c79 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c
@@ -4786,117 +4786,6 @@ CIFSGetSrvInodeNumber(const unsigned int xid, struct cifs_tcon *tcon,
 	return rc;
 }
 
-/* parses DFS refferal V3 structure
- * caller is responsible for freeing target_nodes
- * returns:
- * 	on success - 0
- *	on failure - errno
- */
-static int
-parse_DFS_referrals(TRANSACTION2_GET_DFS_REFER_RSP *pSMBr,
-		unsigned int *num_of_nodes,
-		struct dfs_info3_param **target_nodes,
-		const struct nls_table *nls_codepage, int remap,
-		const char *searchName)
-{
-	int i, rc = 0;
-	char *data_end;
-	bool is_unicode;
-	struct dfs_referral_level_3 *ref;
-
-	if (pSMBr->hdr.Flags2 & SMBFLG2_UNICODE)
-		is_unicode = true;
-	else
-		is_unicode = false;
-	*num_of_nodes = le16_to_cpu(pSMBr->NumberOfReferrals);
-
-	if (*num_of_nodes < 1) {
-		cifs_dbg(VFS, "num_referrals: must be at least > 0, but we get num_referrals = %d\n",
-			 *num_of_nodes);
-		rc = -EINVAL;
-		goto parse_DFS_referrals_exit;
-	}
-
-	ref = (struct dfs_referral_level_3 *) &(pSMBr->referrals);
-	if (ref->VersionNumber != cpu_to_le16(3)) {
-		cifs_dbg(VFS, "Referrals of V%d version are not supported, should be V3\n",
-			 le16_to_cpu(ref->VersionNumber));
-		rc = -EINVAL;
-		goto parse_DFS_referrals_exit;
-	}
-
-	/* get the upper boundary of the resp buffer */
-	data_end = (char *)(&(pSMBr->PathConsumed)) +
-				le16_to_cpu(pSMBr->t2.DataCount);
-
-	cifs_dbg(FYI, "num_referrals: %d dfs flags: 0x%x ...\n",
-		 *num_of_nodes, le32_to_cpu(pSMBr->DFSFlags));
-
-	*target_nodes = kcalloc(*num_of_nodes, sizeof(struct dfs_info3_param),
-				GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (*target_nodes == NULL) {
-		rc = -ENOMEM;
-		goto parse_DFS_referrals_exit;
-	}
-
-	/* collect necessary data from referrals */
-	for (i = 0; i < *num_of_nodes; i++) {
-		char *temp;
-		int max_len;
-		struct dfs_info3_param *node = (*target_nodes)+i;
-
-		node->flags = le32_to_cpu(pSMBr->DFSFlags);
-		if (is_unicode) {
-			__le16 *tmp = kmalloc(strlen(searchName)*2 + 2,
-						GFP_KERNEL);
-			if (tmp == NULL) {
-				rc = -ENOMEM;
-				goto parse_DFS_referrals_exit;
-			}
-			cifsConvertToUTF16((__le16 *) tmp, searchName,
-					   PATH_MAX, nls_codepage, remap);
-			node->path_consumed = cifs_utf16_bytes(tmp,
-					le16_to_cpu(pSMBr->PathConsumed),
-					nls_codepage);
-			kfree(tmp);
-		} else
-			node->path_consumed = le16_to_cpu(pSMBr->PathConsumed);
-
-		node->server_type = le16_to_cpu(ref->ServerType);
-		node->ref_flag = le16_to_cpu(ref->ReferralEntryFlags);
-
-		/* copy DfsPath */
-		temp = (char *)ref + le16_to_cpu(ref->DfsPathOffset);
-		max_len = data_end - temp;
-		node->path_name = cifs_strndup_from_utf16(temp, max_len,
-						is_unicode, nls_codepage);
-		if (!node->path_name) {
-			rc = -ENOMEM;
-			goto parse_DFS_referrals_exit;
-		}
-
-		/* copy link target UNC */
-		temp = (char *)ref + le16_to_cpu(ref->NetworkAddressOffset);
-		max_len = data_end - temp;
-		node->node_name = cifs_strndup_from_utf16(temp, max_len,
-						is_unicode, nls_codepage);
-		if (!node->node_name) {
-			rc = -ENOMEM;
-			goto parse_DFS_referrals_exit;
-		}
-
-		ref++;
-	}
-
-parse_DFS_referrals_exit:
-	if (rc) {
-		free_dfs_info_array(*target_nodes, *num_of_nodes);
-		*target_nodes = NULL;
-		*num_of_nodes = 0;
-	}
-	return rc;
-}
-
 int
 CIFSGetDFSRefer(const unsigned int xid, struct cifs_ses *ses,
 		const char *search_name, struct dfs_info3_param **target_nodes,
@@ -4993,9 +4882,11 @@ CIFSGetDFSRefer(const unsigned int xid, struct cifs_ses *ses,
 		 get_bcc(&pSMBr->hdr), le16_to_cpu(pSMBr->t2.DataOffset));
 
 	/* parse returned result into more usable form */
-	rc = parse_DFS_referrals(pSMBr, num_of_nodes,
-				 target_nodes, nls_codepage, remap,
-				 search_name);
+	rc = parse_dfs_referrals(&pSMBr->dfs_data,
+				 le16_to_cpu(pSMBr->t2.DataCount),
+				 num_of_nodes, target_nodes, nls_codepage,
+				 remap, search_name,
+				 pSMBr->hdr.Flags2 & SMBFLG2_UNICODE);
 
 GetDFSRefExit:
 	cifs_buf_release(pSMB);
diff --git a/fs/cifs/misc.c b/fs/cifs/misc.c
index c672915..d3fb115 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/misc.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/misc.c
@@ -640,3 +640,108 @@ cifs_add_pending_open(struct cifs_fid *fid, struct tcon_link *tlink,
 	cifs_add_pending_open_locked(fid, tlink, open);
 	spin_unlock(&tlink_tcon(open->tlink)->open_file_lock);
 }
+
+/* parses DFS refferal V3 structure
+ * caller is responsible for freeing target_nodes
+ * returns:
+ * - on success - 0
+ * - on failure - errno
+ */
+int
+parse_dfs_referrals(struct get_dfs_referral_rsp *rsp, u32 rsp_size,
+		    unsigned int *num_of_nodes,
+		    struct dfs_info3_param **target_nodes,
+		    const struct nls_table *nls_codepage, int remap,
+		    const char *searchName, bool is_unicode)
+{
+	int i, rc = 0;
+	char *data_end;
+	struct dfs_referral_level_3 *ref;
+
+	*num_of_nodes = le16_to_cpu(rsp->NumberOfReferrals);
+
+	if (*num_of_nodes < 1) {
+		cifs_dbg(VFS, "num_referrals: must be at least > 0, but we get num_referrals = %d\n",
+			 *num_of_nodes);
+		rc = -EINVAL;
+		goto parse_DFS_referrals_exit;
+	}
+
+	ref = (struct dfs_referral_level_3 *) &(rsp->referrals);
+	if (ref->VersionNumber != cpu_to_le16(3)) {
+		cifs_dbg(VFS, "Referrals of V%d version are not supported, should be V3\n",
+			 le16_to_cpu(ref->VersionNumber));
+		rc = -EINVAL;
+		goto parse_DFS_referrals_exit;
+	}
+
+	/* get the upper boundary of the resp buffer */
+	data_end = (char *)rsp + rsp_size;
+
+	cifs_dbg(FYI, "num_referrals: %d dfs flags: 0x%x ...\n",
+		 *num_of_nodes, le32_to_cpu(rsp->DFSFlags));
+
+	*target_nodes = kcalloc(*num_of_nodes, sizeof(struct dfs_info3_param),
+				GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (*target_nodes == NULL) {
+		rc = -ENOMEM;
+		goto parse_DFS_referrals_exit;
+	}
+
+	/* collect necessary data from referrals */
+	for (i = 0; i < *num_of_nodes; i++) {
+		char *temp;
+		int max_len;
+		struct dfs_info3_param *node = (*target_nodes)+i;
+
+		node->flags = le32_to_cpu(rsp->DFSFlags);
+		if (is_unicode) {
+			__le16 *tmp = kmalloc(strlen(searchName)*2 + 2,
+						GFP_KERNEL);
+			if (tmp == NULL) {
+				rc = -ENOMEM;
+				goto parse_DFS_referrals_exit;
+			}
+			cifsConvertToUTF16((__le16 *) tmp, searchName,
+					   PATH_MAX, nls_codepage, remap);
+			node->path_consumed = cifs_utf16_bytes(tmp,
+					le16_to_cpu(rsp->PathConsumed),
+					nls_codepage);
+			kfree(tmp);
+		} else
+			node->path_consumed = le16_to_cpu(rsp->PathConsumed);
+
+		node->server_type = le16_to_cpu(ref->ServerType);
+		node->ref_flag = le16_to_cpu(ref->ReferralEntryFlags);
+
+		/* copy DfsPath */
+		temp = (char *)ref + le16_to_cpu(ref->DfsPathOffset);
+		max_len = data_end - temp;
+		node->path_name = cifs_strndup_from_utf16(temp, max_len,
+						is_unicode, nls_codepage);
+		if (!node->path_name) {
+			rc = -ENOMEM;
+			goto parse_DFS_referrals_exit;
+		}
+
+		/* copy link target UNC */
+		temp = (char *)ref + le16_to_cpu(ref->NetworkAddressOffset);
+		max_len = data_end - temp;
+		node->node_name = cifs_strndup_from_utf16(temp, max_len,
+						is_unicode, nls_codepage);
+		if (!node->node_name) {
+			rc = -ENOMEM;
+			goto parse_DFS_referrals_exit;
+		}
+
+		ref++;
+	}
+
+parse_DFS_referrals_exit:
+	if (rc) {
+		free_dfs_info_array(*target_nodes, *num_of_nodes);
+		*target_nodes = NULL;
+		*num_of_nodes = 0;
+	}
+	return rc;
+}
