diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
index 75c4eaa7958821483c6829658ab6469a8ad8c152..54745b6c3db9c50af75b393c8b80d96460439c80 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
@@ -625,8 +625,11 @@ static int cifs_setlease(struct file *file, long arg, struct file_lock **lease)
 		   knows that the file won't be changed on the server
 		   by anyone else */
 		return generic_setlease(file, arg, lease);
-	else
+	else {
+		if (arg != F_UNLCK)
+			locks_free_lock(*lease);
 		return -EAGAIN;
+	}
 }
 
 struct file_system_type cifs_fs_type = {
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/file.c b/fs/gfs2/file.c
index aa996471ec5c961d7d94c62c10a20d29ac8e1bbb..ac943c1307b5e33272f2d91d07f95c6a332f3e7a 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/file.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/file.c
@@ -629,6 +629,8 @@ static ssize_t gfs2_file_aio_write(struct kiocb *iocb, const struct iovec *iov,
 
 static int gfs2_setlease(struct file *file, long arg, struct file_lock **fl)
 {
+	if (arg != F_UNLCK)
+		locks_free_lock(*fl);
 	return -EINVAL;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/locks.c b/fs/locks.c
index 63fbc41cc573c0161c19ed83a1f16819acd0f7fd..5b526a9778828977871d01e610fdfd797da0527a 100644
--- a/fs/locks.c
+++ b/fs/locks.c
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ void locks_release_private(struct file_lock *fl)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(locks_release_private);
 
 /* Free a lock which is not in use. */
-static void locks_free_lock(struct file_lock *fl)
+void locks_free_lock(struct file_lock *fl)
 {
 	BUG_ON(waitqueue_active(&fl->fl_wait));
 	BUG_ON(!list_empty(&fl->fl_block));
@@ -195,6 +195,7 @@ static void locks_free_lock(struct file_lock *fl)
 	locks_release_private(fl);
 	kmem_cache_free(filelock_cache, fl);
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(locks_free_lock);
 
 void locks_init_lock(struct file_lock *fl)
 {
diff --git a/fs/nfs/file.c b/fs/nfs/file.c
index e756075637b005ba1937b275c2d77ed3ff8ad676..1e524fb73ba56200be86a3675181c78d7bd02fde 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/file.c
@@ -884,6 +884,7 @@ static int nfs_setlease(struct file *file, long arg, struct file_lock **fl)
 	dprintk("NFS: setlease(%s/%s, arg=%ld)\n",
 			file->f_path.dentry->d_parent->d_name.name,
 			file->f_path.dentry->d_name.name, arg);
-
+	if (arg != F_UNLCK)
+		locks_free_lock(*fl);
 	return -EINVAL;
 }
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 7b7b507ffa1cb269266e74044e8e57ec8e0b5d7b..1eb29399a4ff4b82f00257e3c03090015c00060a 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -1129,6 +1129,7 @@ extern int fcntl_setlease(unsigned int fd, struct file *filp, long arg);
 extern int fcntl_getlease(struct file *filp);
 
 /* fs/locks.c */
+void locks_free_lock(struct file_lock *fl);
 extern void locks_init_lock(struct file_lock *);
 extern struct file_lock * locks_alloc_lock(void);
 extern void locks_copy_lock(struct file_lock *, struct file_lock *);