diff --git a/fs/lockd/svcsubs.c b/fs/lockd/svcsubs.c
index 0b81d8db0919..58b87ec52930 100644
--- a/fs/lockd/svcsubs.c
+++ b/fs/lockd/svcsubs.c
@@ -150,6 +150,8 @@ nlm_lookup_file(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct nlm_file **result,
 			mutex_lock(&file->f_mutex);
 			nfserr = nlm_do_fopen(rqstp, file, mode);
 			mutex_unlock(&file->f_mutex);
+			if (nfserr)
+				goto out_unlock;
 			goto found;
 		}
 	nlm_debug_print_fh("creating file for", &lock->fh);