diff --git a/fs/locks.c b/fs/locks.c
index 50857d2d3404a821268fb787f74ee1f7335ebd98..c795eaaf6c4ceb75e5b4a0e9775df8c37ffb9240 100644
--- a/fs/locks.c
+++ b/fs/locks.c
@@ -782,7 +782,7 @@ static int flock_lock_file(struct file *filp, struct file_lock *request)
 	if (request->fl_flags & FL_ACCESS)
 		goto out;
 	locks_copy_lock(new_fl, request);
-	locks_insert_lock(&inode->i_flock, new_fl);
+	locks_insert_lock(before, new_fl);
 	new_fl = NULL;
 	error = 0;