diff --git a/source/libsmb/clireadwrite.c b/source/libsmb/clireadwrite.c
index 057e647..b8e7b12 100644
--- a/source/libsmb/clireadwrite.c
+++ b/source/libsmb/clireadwrite.c
@@ -270,6 +270,8 @@ struct async_req *cli_pull_send(TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx, struct cli_state *cli,
 	state->num_reqs = MAX(window_size/state->chunk_size, 1);
 	state->num_reqs = MIN(state->num_reqs, cli->max_mux);
 
+	state->num_reqs = 1;
+
 	state->reqs = TALLOC_ZERO_ARRAY(state, struct async_req *,
 					state->num_reqs);
 	if (state->reqs == NULL) {