diff --git a/include/linux/lockd/lockd.h b/include/linux/lockd/lockd.h
index 995f89dc8c046c4e67a8e44039c42f5ac0eaf229..112936fcda803359513d28e6c7596879ba09ba59 100644
--- a/include/linux/lockd/lockd.h
+++ b/include/linux/lockd/lockd.h
@@ -220,6 +220,7 @@ static __inline__ int
 nlm_compare_locks(const struct file_lock *fl1, const struct file_lock *fl2)
 {
 	return	fl1->fl_pid   == fl2->fl_pid
+	     && fl1->fl_owner == fl2->fl_owner
 	     && fl1->fl_start == fl2->fl_start
 	     && fl1->fl_end   == fl2->fl_end
 	     &&(fl1->fl_type  == fl2->fl_type || fl2->fl_type == F_UNLCK);