diff --git a/fs/locks.c b/fs/locks.c
index da57c9b7e8445934b86f2ae760b2e25c5df37ff3..717fbc404e6b2ac1522175758cc365a847ca0c52 100644
--- a/fs/locks.c
+++ b/fs/locks.c
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ static int lease_init(struct file *filp, long type, struct file_lock *fl)
 	if (assign_type(fl, type) != 0)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	fl->fl_owner = (fl_owner_t)filp;
+	fl->fl_owner = (fl_owner_t)current->files;
 	fl->fl_pid = current->tgid;
 
 	fl->fl_file = filp;