diff --git a/fs/locks.c b/fs/locks.c
index 22ac7694cc84022b060e36588030bbcd4edf21a5..4753218f308ed32ee8b09123b11bc9cba42a6af4 100644
--- a/fs/locks.c
+++ b/fs/locks.c
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@
 
 #define IS_POSIX(fl)	(fl->fl_flags & FL_POSIX)
 #define IS_FLOCK(fl)	(fl->fl_flags & FL_FLOCK)
-#define IS_LEASE(fl)	(fl->fl_flags & (FL_LEASE|FL_DELEG))
+#define IS_LEASE(fl)	(fl->fl_flags & (FL_LEASE|FL_DELEG|FL_LAYOUT))
 #define IS_OFDLCK(fl)	(fl->fl_flags & FL_OFDLCK)
 
 static bool lease_breaking(struct file_lock *fl)
@@ -1371,6 +1371,8 @@ static void time_out_leases(struct inode *inode, struct list_head *dispose)
 
 static bool leases_conflict(struct file_lock *lease, struct file_lock *breaker)
 {
+	if ((breaker->fl_flags & FL_LAYOUT) != (lease->fl_flags & FL_LAYOUT))
+		return false;
 	if ((breaker->fl_flags & FL_DELEG) && (lease->fl_flags & FL_LEASE))
 		return false;
 	return locks_conflict(breaker, lease);
@@ -1594,11 +1596,14 @@ int fcntl_getlease(struct file *filp)
  * conflict with the lease we're trying to set.
  */
 static int
-check_conflicting_open(const struct dentry *dentry, const long arg)
+check_conflicting_open(const struct dentry *dentry, const long arg, int flags)
 {
 	int ret = 0;
 	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
 
+	if (flags & FL_LAYOUT)
+		return 0;
+
 	if ((arg == F_RDLCK) && (atomic_read(&inode->i_writecount) > 0))
 		return -EAGAIN;
 
@@ -1647,7 +1652,7 @@ generic_add_lease(struct file *filp, long arg, struct file_lock **flp, void **pr
 
 	spin_lock(&ctx->flc_lock);
 	time_out_leases(inode, &dispose);
-	error = check_conflicting_open(dentry, arg);
+	error = check_conflicting_open(dentry, arg, lease->fl_flags);
 	if (error)
 		goto out;
 
@@ -1703,7 +1708,7 @@ generic_add_lease(struct file *filp, long arg, struct file_lock **flp, void **pr
 	 * precedes these checks.
 	 */
 	smp_mb();
-	error = check_conflicting_open(dentry, arg);
+	error = check_conflicting_open(dentry, arg, lease->fl_flags);
 	if (error) {
 		locks_unlink_lock_ctx(lease, &ctx->flc_lease_cnt);
 		goto out;
@@ -1787,6 +1792,7 @@ int generic_setlease(struct file *filp, long arg, struct file_lock **flp,
 			WARN_ON_ONCE(1);
 			return -ENOLCK;
 		}
+
 		return generic_add_lease(filp, arg, flp, priv);
 	default:
 		return -EINVAL;
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index ddd2fa7cefd3368acf311080bd1b62de09ca4fa5..84740145f8357fdd7db6b03b127ff4297d828ab2 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -875,6 +875,7 @@ static inline struct file *get_file(struct file *f)
 #define FL_DOWNGRADE_PENDING	256 /* Lease is being downgraded */
 #define FL_UNLOCK_PENDING	512 /* Lease is being broken */
 #define FL_OFDLCK	1024	/* lock is "owned" by struct file */
+#define FL_LAYOUT	2048	/* outstanding pNFS layout */
 
 /*
  * Special return value from posix_lock_file() and vfs_lock_file() for
@@ -2037,6 +2038,16 @@ static inline int break_deleg_wait(struct inode **delegated_inode)
 	return ret;
 }
 
+static inline int break_layout(struct inode *inode, bool wait)
+{
+	smp_mb();
+	if (inode->i_flctx && !list_empty_careful(&inode->i_flctx->flc_lease))
+		return __break_lease(inode,
+				wait ? O_WRONLY : O_WRONLY | O_NONBLOCK,
+				FL_LAYOUT);
+	return 0;
+}
+
 #else /* !CONFIG_FILE_LOCKING */
 static inline int locks_mandatory_locked(struct file *file)
 {
@@ -2092,6 +2103,11 @@ static inline int break_deleg_wait(struct inode **delegated_inode)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static inline int break_layout(struct inode *inode, bool wait)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+
 #endif /* CONFIG_FILE_LOCKING */
 
 /* fs/open.c */