diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
index 32b699bebb9c..89e42409b237 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
@@ -3717,9 +3717,16 @@ out:
 static __be32
 nfsd4_free_lock_stateid(struct nfs4_ol_stateid *stp)
 {
-	if (check_for_locks(stp->st_file, lockowner(stp->st_stateowner)))
+	struct nfs4_lockowner *lo = lockowner(stp->st_stateowner);
+
+	if (check_for_locks(stp->st_file, lo))
 		return nfserr_locks_held;
-	release_lock_stateid(stp);
+	/*
+	 * Currently there's a 1-1 lock stateid<->lockowner
+	 * correspondance, and we have to delete the lockowner when we
+	 * delete the lock stateid:
+	 */
+	unhash_lockowner(lo);
 	return nfs_ok;
 }