diff --git a/fs/smb/server/oplock.c b/fs/smb/server/oplock.c
index b193dde4810d..60e7e821c245 100644
--- a/fs/smb/server/oplock.c
+++ b/fs/smb/server/oplock.c
@@ -528,7 +528,12 @@ static struct oplock_info *same_client_has_lease(struct ksmbd_inode *ci,
 
 		ret = compare_guid_key(opinfo, client_guid, lctx->lease_key);
 		if (ret) {
+			if (!atomic_inc_not_zero(&opinfo->refcount))
+				continue;
+			if (m_opinfo)
+				opinfo_put(m_opinfo);
 			m_opinfo = opinfo;
+
 			/* skip upgrading lease about breaking lease */
 			if (atomic_read(&opinfo->breaking_cnt))
 				continue;
@@ -1246,6 +1251,7 @@ int smb_grant_oplock(struct ksmbd_work *work, int req_op_level, u64 pid,
 			if (atomic_read(&m_opinfo->breaking_cnt))
 				opinfo->o_lease->flags =
 					SMB2_LEASE_FLAG_BREAK_IN_PROGRESS_LE;
+			opinfo_put(m_opinfo);
 			goto out;
 		}
 	}