1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/fs/lockd/svclock.c b/fs/lockd/svclock.c
index fb1a2bedbe97..8d80c990dffd 100644
--- a/fs/lockd/svclock.c
+++ b/fs/lockd/svclock.c
@@ -289,7 +289,6 @@ static void nlmsvc_free_block(struct kref *kref)
         dprintk("lockd: freeing block %p...\n", block);
 
         /* Remove block from file's list of blocks */
-        mutex_lock(&file->f_mutex);
         list_del_init(&block->b_flist);
         mutex_unlock(&file->f_mutex);
 
@@ -303,7 +302,7 @@ static void nlmsvc_free_block(struct kref *kref)
 static void nlmsvc_release_block(struct nlm_block *block)
 {
         if (block != NULL)
-                kref_put(&block->b_count, nlmsvc_free_block);
+                kref_put_mutex(&block->b_count, nlmsvc_free_block, &block->b_file->f_mutex);
 }
 
 /*