diff --git a/fs/lockd/clntproc.c b/fs/lockd/clntproc.c
index 145524039577..b8ecfa1168f3 100644
--- a/fs/lockd/clntproc.c
+++ b/fs/lockd/clntproc.c
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ static int	nlmclnt_lock(struct nlm_rqst *, struct file_lock *);
 static int	nlmclnt_unlock(struct nlm_rqst *, struct file_lock *);
 static int	nlm_stat_to_errno(u32 stat);
 static void	nlmclnt_locks_init_private(struct file_lock *fl, struct nlm_host *host);
+static int	nlmclnt_cancel(struct nlm_host *, int , struct file_lock *);
 
 static const struct rpc_call_ops nlmclnt_unlock_ops;
 static const struct rpc_call_ops nlmclnt_cancel_ops;
@@ -598,7 +599,7 @@ out_unblock:
 	nlmclnt_finish_block(req);
 	/* Cancel the blocked request if it is still pending */
 	if (resp->status == NLM_LCK_BLOCKED)
-		nlmclnt_cancel(host, fl);
+		nlmclnt_cancel(host, req->a_args.block, fl);
 out:
 	nlmclnt_release_lockargs(req);
 	return status;
@@ -728,8 +729,7 @@ static const struct rpc_call_ops nlmclnt_unlock_ops = {
  * We always use an async RPC call for this in order not to hang a
  * process that has been Ctrl-C'ed.
  */
-int
-nlmclnt_cancel(struct nlm_host *host, struct file_lock *fl)
+static int nlmclnt_cancel(struct nlm_host *host, int block, struct file_lock *fl)
 {
 	struct nlm_rqst	*req;
 	unsigned long	flags;
@@ -750,6 +750,7 @@ nlmclnt_cancel(struct nlm_host *host, struct file_lock *fl)
 	req->a_flags = RPC_TASK_ASYNC;
 
 	nlmclnt_setlockargs(req, fl);
+	req->a_args.block = block;
 
 	status = nlmclnt_async_call(req, NLMPROC_CANCEL, &nlmclnt_cancel_ops);
 	if (status < 0) {
diff --git a/include/linux/lockd/lockd.h b/include/linux/lockd/lockd.h
index 95c8fea293ba..afe9a8f5c5ae 100644
--- a/include/linux/lockd/lockd.h
+++ b/include/linux/lockd/lockd.h
@@ -148,7 +148,6 @@ struct nlm_rqst * nlmclnt_alloc_call(void);
 int		  nlmclnt_prepare_block(struct nlm_rqst *req, struct nlm_host *host, struct file_lock *fl);
 void		  nlmclnt_finish_block(struct nlm_rqst *req);
 long		  nlmclnt_block(struct nlm_rqst *req, long timeout);
-int		  nlmclnt_cancel(struct nlm_host *, struct file_lock *);
 u32		  nlmclnt_grant(struct nlm_lock *);
 void		  nlmclnt_recovery(struct nlm_host *, u32);
 int		  nlmclnt_reclaim(struct nlm_host *, struct file_lock *);