diff --git a/fs/locks.c b/fs/locks.c
index 71d0c6c2aac5..456a3782c6ca 100644
--- a/fs/locks.c
+++ b/fs/locks.c
@@ -352,6 +352,12 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(locks_alloc_lock);
 
 void locks_release_private(struct file_lock *fl)
 {
+	BUG_ON(waitqueue_active(&fl->fl_wait));
+	BUG_ON(!list_empty(&fl->fl_list));
+	BUG_ON(!list_empty(&fl->fl_blocked_requests));
+	BUG_ON(!list_empty(&fl->fl_blocked_member));
+	BUG_ON(!hlist_unhashed(&fl->fl_link));
+
 	if (fl->fl_ops) {
 		if (fl->fl_ops->fl_release_private)
 			fl->fl_ops->fl_release_private(fl);
@@ -371,12 +377,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(locks_release_private);
 /* Free a lock which is not in use. */
 void locks_free_lock(struct file_lock *fl)
 {
-	BUG_ON(waitqueue_active(&fl->fl_wait));
-	BUG_ON(!list_empty(&fl->fl_list));
-	BUG_ON(!list_empty(&fl->fl_blocked_requests));
-	BUG_ON(!list_empty(&fl->fl_blocked_member));
-	BUG_ON(!hlist_unhashed(&fl->fl_link));
-
 	locks_release_private(fl);
 	kmem_cache_free(filelock_cache, fl);
 }