diff --git a/fs/cifs/file.c b/fs/cifs/file.c
index 5e64748a29173d75ad976c0375f7152d5ae0171d..8e02dbd88ae1b108494e0e6b6eb093cc1e13a74c 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/file.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/file.c
@@ -960,9 +960,9 @@ cifs_push_posix_locks(struct cifsFileInfo *cfile)
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&locks_to_send);
 
 	/*
-	 * Allocating count locks is enough because no locks can be added to
-	 * the list while we are holding cinode->lock_mutex that protects
-	 * locking operations of this inode.
+	 * Allocating count locks is enough because no FL_POSIX locks can be
+	 * added to the list while we are holding cinode->lock_mutex that
+	 * protects locking operations of this inode.
 	 */
 	for (; i < count; i++) {
 		lck = kmalloc(sizeof(struct lock_to_push), GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -973,18 +973,20 @@ cifs_push_posix_locks(struct cifsFileInfo *cfile)
 		list_add_tail(&lck->llist, &locks_to_send);
 	}
 
-	i = 0;
 	el = locks_to_send.next;
 	lock_flocks();
 	cifs_for_each_lock(cfile->dentry->d_inode, before) {
+		flock = *before;
+		if ((flock->fl_flags & FL_POSIX) == 0)
+			continue;
 		if (el == &locks_to_send) {
-			/* something is really wrong */
+			/*
+			 * The list ended. We don't have enough allocated
+			 * structures - something is really wrong.
+			 */
 			cERROR(1, "Can't push all brlocks!");
 			break;
 		}
-		flock = *before;
-		if ((flock->fl_flags & FL_POSIX) == 0)
-			continue;
 		length = 1 + flock->fl_end - flock->fl_start;
 		if (flock->fl_type == F_RDLCK || flock->fl_type == F_SHLCK)
 			type = CIFS_RDLCK;
@@ -996,7 +998,6 @@ cifs_push_posix_locks(struct cifsFileInfo *cfile)
 		lck->length = length;
 		lck->type = type;
 		lck->offset = flock->fl_start;
-		i++;
 		el = el->next;
 	}
 	unlock_flocks();