diff --git a/fs/lockd/svclock.c b/fs/lockd/svclock.c
index b7a8174fd1dc..0d7398e3804f 100644
--- a/fs/lockd/svclock.c
+++ b/fs/lockd/svclock.c
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ __be32
 nlmsvc_lock(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct nlm_file *file,
 			struct nlm_lock *lock, int wait, struct nlm_cookie *cookie)
 {
-	struct nlm_block	*block, *newblock = NULL;
+	struct nlm_block	*block = NULL;
 	int			error;
 	__be32			ret;
 
@@ -378,17 +378,20 @@ nlmsvc_lock(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct nlm_file *file,
 				wait);
 
 
-	lock->fl.fl_flags &= ~FL_SLEEP;
-again:
 	/* Lock file against concurrent access */
 	mutex_lock(&file->f_mutex);
-	/* Get existing block (in case client is busy-waiting) */
+	/* Get existing block (in case client is busy-waiting)
+	 * or create new block
+	 */
 	block = nlmsvc_lookup_block(file, lock);
 	if (block == NULL) {
-		if (newblock != NULL)
-			lock = &newblock->b_call->a_args.lock;
-	} else
+		block = nlmsvc_create_block(rqstp, file, lock, cookie);
+		ret = nlm_lck_denied_nolocks;
+		if (block == NULL)
+			goto out;
 		lock = &block->b_call->a_args.lock;
+	} else
+		lock->fl.fl_flags &= ~FL_SLEEP;
 
 	error = posix_lock_file(file->f_file, &lock->fl, NULL);
 	lock->fl.fl_flags &= ~FL_SLEEP;
@@ -414,26 +417,11 @@ again:
 		goto out;
 
 	ret = nlm_lck_blocked;
-	if (block != NULL)
-		goto out;
-
-	/* If we don't have a block, create and initialize it. Then
-	 * retry because we may have slept in kmalloc. */
-	/* We have to release f_mutex as nlmsvc_create_block may try to
-	 * to claim it while doing host garbage collection */
-	if (newblock == NULL) {
-		mutex_unlock(&file->f_mutex);
-		dprintk("lockd: blocking on this lock (allocating).\n");
-		if (!(newblock = nlmsvc_create_block(rqstp, file, lock, cookie)))
-			return nlm_lck_denied_nolocks;
-		goto again;
-	}
 
 	/* Append to list of blocked */
-	nlmsvc_insert_block(newblock, NLM_NEVER);
+	nlmsvc_insert_block(block, NLM_NEVER);
 out:
 	mutex_unlock(&file->f_mutex);
-	nlmsvc_release_block(newblock);
 	nlmsvc_release_block(block);
 	dprintk("lockd: nlmsvc_lock returned %u\n", ret);
 	return ret;