diff --git a/fs/ceph/locks.c b/fs/ceph/locks.c
index 9dae2ec7e1fa89705f649b1c3349520b8bb23543..6a8f4a99582e57d7f1d08a97d81f49808176fcc3 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/locks.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/locks.c
@@ -111,8 +111,7 @@ static int ceph_lock_message(u8 lock_type, u16 operation, struct inode *inode,
 		req->r_wait_for_completion = ceph_lock_wait_for_completion;
 
 	err = ceph_mdsc_do_request(mdsc, inode, req);
-
-	if (operation == CEPH_MDS_OP_GETFILELOCK) {
+	if (!err && operation == CEPH_MDS_OP_GETFILELOCK) {
 		fl->fl_pid = -le64_to_cpu(req->r_reply_info.filelock_reply->pid);
 		if (CEPH_LOCK_SHARED == req->r_reply_info.filelock_reply->type)
 			fl->fl_type = F_RDLCK;