diff --git a/fs/lockd/mon.c b/fs/lockd/mon.c
index 709cf7c80545a7eb022741be3c02b9eaa6ca0a71..e0179f8c327f65657ffb6b83e03fa88265dce0c5 100644
--- a/fs/lockd/mon.c
+++ b/fs/lockd/mon.c
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ static struct rpc_program	nsm_program;
 /*
  * Local NSM state
  */
-u32				nsm_local_state;
+int				nsm_local_state;
 
 /*
  * Common procedure for SM_MON/SM_UNMON calls
diff --git a/fs/lockd/svc.c b/fs/lockd/svc.c
index a3b7602cd3830f52675f66fc51da42ddfe3fd2e8..634139232aafae89c3e14b9ceaf7fa8ee13e5bd2 100644
--- a/fs/lockd/svc.c
+++ b/fs/lockd/svc.c
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 #include <linux/sunrpc/svcsock.h>
 #include <net/ip.h>
 #include <linux/lockd/lockd.h>
+#include <linux/lockd/sm_inter.h>
 #include <linux/nfs.h>
 
 #define NLMDBG_FACILITY		NLMDBG_SVC
@@ -404,6 +405,14 @@ static ctl_table nlm_sysctls[] = {
 		.mode		= 0644,
 		.proc_handler	= &proc_dointvec,
 	},
+	{
+		.ctl_name	= CTL_UNNUMBERED,
+		.procname	= "nsm_local_state",
+		.data		= &nsm_local_state,
+		.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
+		.mode		= 0644,
+		.proc_handler	= &proc_dointvec,
+	},
 	{ .ctl_name = 0 }
 };
 
diff --git a/include/linux/lockd/sm_inter.h b/include/linux/lockd/sm_inter.h
index daef509bb9b3c8823e80d15dbac950768c0c2eba..fc61d40964dadfa24a585273fe1b660c31717f38 100644
--- a/include/linux/lockd/sm_inter.h
+++ b/include/linux/lockd/sm_inter.h
@@ -42,6 +42,6 @@ struct nsm_res {
 
 int		nsm_monitor(struct nlm_host *);
 int		nsm_unmonitor(struct nlm_host *);
-extern u32	nsm_local_state;
+extern int	nsm_local_state;
 
 #endif /* LINUX_LOCKD_SM_INTER_H */