diff --git a/fs/afs/flock.c b/fs/afs/flock.c
index 0568fd98682109e0dd686d5097bf9fe2e40ecfe1..e432bd27a2e7b893bf8a1d2480cf2c7efdc17ab8 100644
--- a/fs/afs/flock.c
+++ b/fs/afs/flock.c
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ void afs_lock_work(struct work_struct *work)
 		/* The new front of the queue now owns the state variables. */
 		next = list_entry(vnode->pending_locks.next,
 				  struct file_lock, fl_u.afs.link);
-		vnode->lock_key = afs_file_key(next->fl_file);
+		vnode->lock_key = key_get(afs_file_key(next->fl_file));
 		vnode->lock_type = (next->fl_type == F_RDLCK) ? AFS_LOCK_READ : AFS_LOCK_WRITE;
 		vnode->lock_state = AFS_VNODE_LOCK_WAITING_FOR_CB;
 		goto again;
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ static void afs_dequeue_lock(struct afs_vnode *vnode, struct file_lock *fl)
 	/* The new front of the queue now owns the state variables. */
 	next = list_entry(vnode->pending_locks.next,
 			  struct file_lock, fl_u.afs.link);
-	vnode->lock_key = afs_file_key(next->fl_file);
+	vnode->lock_key = key_get(afs_file_key(next->fl_file));
 	vnode->lock_type = (next->fl_type == F_RDLCK) ? AFS_LOCK_READ : AFS_LOCK_WRITE;
 	vnode->lock_state = AFS_VNODE_LOCK_WAITING_FOR_CB;
 	afs_lock_may_be_available(vnode);
diff --git a/fs/afs/inode.c b/fs/afs/inode.c
index 211343831c304be5c1f01faf682b9786325a52d0..1a4ce07fb406da8e3a4e0d12c6fda605636ccb47 100644
--- a/fs/afs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/afs/inode.c
@@ -545,6 +545,8 @@ void afs_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)
 #endif
 
 	afs_put_permits(rcu_access_pointer(vnode->permit_cache));
+	key_put(vnode->lock_key);
+	vnode->lock_key = NULL;
 	_leave("");
 }