diff --git a/fs/lockd/svc.c b/fs/lockd/svc.c
index d1bb7ecfd201e..61024987f97b7 100644
--- a/fs/lockd/svc.c
+++ b/fs/lockd/svc.c
@@ -138,10 +138,6 @@ lockd(void *vrqstp)
 
 	dprintk("NFS locking service started (ver " LOCKD_VERSION ").\n");
 
-	if (!nlm_timeout)
-		nlm_timeout = LOCKD_DFLT_TIMEO;
-	nlmsvc_timeout = nlm_timeout * HZ;
-
 	/*
 	 * The main request loop. We don't terminate until the last
 	 * NFS mount or NFS daemon has gone away.
@@ -350,6 +346,10 @@ static struct svc_serv *lockd_create_svc(void)
 		printk(KERN_WARNING
 			"lockd_up: no pid, %d users??\n", nlmsvc_users);
 
+	if (!nlm_timeout)
+		nlm_timeout = LOCKD_DFLT_TIMEO;
+	nlmsvc_timeout = nlm_timeout * HZ;
+
 	serv = svc_create(&nlmsvc_program, LOCKD_BUFSIZE, NULL);
 	if (!serv) {
 		printk(KERN_WARNING "lockd_up: create service failed\n");