diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 5c0326e866d2..ec1123619a22 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 33dcdac2df54e66c447ae03f58c95c7251aa5649
+refs/heads/master: 0b2bac2f1ea0d33a3621b27ca68b9ae760fca2e9
diff --git a/trunk/fs/locks.c b/trunk/fs/locks.c
index 663c069b59b3..0ac6b92cb0b6 100644
--- a/trunk/fs/locks.c
+++ b/trunk/fs/locks.c
@@ -1753,6 +1753,7 @@ int fcntl_setlk(unsigned int fd, struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd,
 	struct file_lock *file_lock = locks_alloc_lock();
 	struct flock flock;
 	struct inode *inode;
+	struct file *f;
 	int error;
 
 	if (file_lock == NULL)
@@ -1825,7 +1826,15 @@ int fcntl_setlk(unsigned int fd, struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd,
 	 * Attempt to detect a close/fcntl race and recover by
 	 * releasing the lock that was just acquired.
 	 */
-	if (!error && fcheck(fd) != filp && flock.l_type != F_UNLCK) {
+	/*
+	 * we need that spin_lock here - it prevents reordering between
+	 * update of inode->i_flock and check for it done in close().
+	 * rcu_read_lock() wouldn't do.
+	 */
+	spin_lock(&current->files->file_lock);
+	f = fcheck(fd);
+	spin_unlock(&current->files->file_lock);
+	if (!error && f != filp && flock.l_type != F_UNLCK) {
 		flock.l_type = F_UNLCK;
 		goto again;
 	}
@@ -1881,6 +1890,7 @@ int fcntl_setlk64(unsigned int fd, struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd,
 	struct file_lock *file_lock = locks_alloc_lock();
 	struct flock64 flock;
 	struct inode *inode;
+	struct file *f;
 	int error;
 
 	if (file_lock == NULL)
@@ -1953,7 +1963,10 @@ int fcntl_setlk64(unsigned int fd, struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd,
 	 * Attempt to detect a close/fcntl race and recover by
 	 * releasing the lock that was just acquired.
 	 */
-	if (!error && fcheck(fd) != filp && flock.l_type != F_UNLCK) {
+	spin_lock(&current->files->file_lock);
+	f = fcheck(fd);
+	spin_unlock(&current->files->file_lock);
+	if (!error && f != filp && flock.l_type != F_UNLCK) {
 		flock.l_type = F_UNLCK;
 		goto again;
 	}