diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
index a91e521622c3..5bb4952faf5b 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
@@ -3781,7 +3781,7 @@ static struct file_lock *nfs4_alloc_init_lease(struct nfs4_file *fp, int flag)
 static int nfs4_setlease(struct nfs4_delegation *dp)
 {
 	struct nfs4_file *fp = dp->dl_stid.sc_file;
-	struct file_lock *fl;
+	struct file_lock *fl, *ret;
 	struct file *filp;
 	int status = 0;
 
@@ -3795,11 +3795,14 @@ static int nfs4_setlease(struct nfs4_delegation *dp)
 		return -EBADF;
 	}
 	fl->fl_file = filp;
-	status = vfs_setlease(filp, fl->fl_type, &fl);
+	ret = fl;
+	status = vfs_setlease(filp, fl->fl_type, &ret);
 	if (status) {
 		locks_free_lock(fl);
 		goto out_fput;
 	}
+	if (ret != fl)
+		locks_free_lock(fl);
 	spin_lock(&state_lock);
 	spin_lock(&fp->fi_lock);
 	/* Did the lease get broken before we took the lock? */