diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmthread.c b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmthread.c
index 2b264c6ba039b72f7c103a05faecbea83082b4d0..cebd089f8955f65a17548b44b658ea2043d87a2f 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmthread.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmthread.c
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ void __dlm_wait_on_lockres_flags(struct dlm_lock_resource *res, int flags)
 		goto repeat;
 	}
 	remove_wait_queue(&res->wq, &wait);
-	current->state = TASK_RUNNING;
+	__set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
 }
 
 int __dlm_lockres_has_locks(struct dlm_lock_resource *res)