diff --git a/fs/locks.c b/fs/locks.c
index c263aff793bc..e72077d5a664 100644
--- a/fs/locks.c
+++ b/fs/locks.c
@@ -2219,10 +2219,12 @@ int fcntl_setlk(unsigned int fd, struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd,
 	error = do_lock_file_wait(filp, cmd, file_lock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Attempt to detect a close/fcntl race and recover by
-	 * releasing the lock that was just acquired.
+	 * Attempt to detect a close/fcntl race and recover by releasing the
+	 * lock that was just acquired. There is no need to do that when we're
+	 * unlocking though, or for OFD locks.
 	 */
-	if (!error && file_lock->fl_type != F_UNLCK) {
+	if (!error && file_lock->fl_type != F_UNLCK &&
+	    !(file_lock->fl_flags & FL_OFDLCK)) {
 		/*
 		 * We need that spin_lock here - it prevents reordering between
 		 * update of i_flctx->flc_posix and check for it done in
@@ -2361,10 +2363,12 @@ int fcntl_setlk64(unsigned int fd, struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd,
 	error = do_lock_file_wait(filp, cmd, file_lock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Attempt to detect a close/fcntl race and recover by
-	 * releasing the lock that was just acquired.
+	 * Attempt to detect a close/fcntl race and recover by releasing the
+	 * lock that was just acquired. There is no need to do that when we're
+	 * unlocking though, or for OFD locks.
 	 */
-	if (!error && file_lock->fl_type != F_UNLCK) {
+	if (!error && file_lock->fl_type != F_UNLCK &&
+	    !(file_lock->fl_flags & FL_OFDLCK)) {
 		/*
 		 * We need that spin_lock here - it prevents reordering between
 		 * update of i_flctx->flc_posix and check for it done in