diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 34ce14f0ef35..2c2f2f3db672 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 8f96c95680bfe66ff00c91859d4c73edf539b854
+refs/heads/master: 7eaae2828dadae3abde7f77734c874d4b74b313a
diff --git a/trunk/fs/locks.c b/trunk/fs/locks.c
index a0bc03495bd4..29fa5da6c117 100644
--- a/trunk/fs/locks.c
+++ b/trunk/fs/locks.c
@@ -1276,7 +1276,7 @@ int fcntl_getlease(struct file *filp)
  */
 static int __setlease(struct file *filp, long arg, struct file_lock **flp)
 {
-	struct file_lock *fl, **before, **my_before = NULL, *lease = *flp;
+	struct file_lock *fl, **before, **my_before = NULL, *lease;
 	struct dentry *dentry = filp->f_dentry;
 	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
 	int error, rdlease_count = 0, wrlease_count = 0;
@@ -1287,6 +1287,8 @@ static int __setlease(struct file *filp, long arg, struct file_lock **flp)
 	if (!flp || !(*flp) || !(*flp)->fl_lmops || !(*flp)->fl_lmops->fl_break)
 		goto out;
 
+	lease = *flp;
+
 	error = -EAGAIN;
 	if ((arg == F_RDLCK) && (atomic_read(&inode->i_writecount) > 0))
 		goto out;