diff --git a/fs/lockd/svcsubs.c b/fs/lockd/svcsubs.c
index e24bacea7e03..0b81d8db0919 100644
--- a/fs/lockd/svcsubs.c
+++ b/fs/lockd/svcsubs.c
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ nlm_lookup_file(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct nlm_file **result,
 
 	nfserr = nlm_do_fopen(rqstp, file, mode);
 	if (nfserr)
-		goto out_unlock;
+		goto out_free;
 
 	hlist_add_head(&file->f_list, &nlm_files[hash]);