diff --git a/fs/lockd/svc.c b/fs/lockd/svc.c
index 8f27c93f8d2ed88edd55e623baac11b6f94ccfd5..b416b3355807de0e5217e33cbcc31bc149d28de0 100644
--- a/fs/lockd/svc.c
+++ b/fs/lockd/svc.c
@@ -313,6 +313,8 @@ static int lockd_start_svc(struct svc_serv *serv)
 			"lockd_up: kthread_run failed, error=%d\n", error);
 		goto out_task;
 	}
+	nlmsvc_rqst->rq_task = nlmsvc_task;
+
 	dprintk("lockd_up: service started\n");
 	return 0;