diff --git a/fs/locks.c b/fs/locks.c
index 0a4f50dfadfbf672ff3bc0bcba0581a3e94b83bb..b286539d547a5a11db6760688fcc8f1a37360ec3 100644
--- a/fs/locks.c
+++ b/fs/locks.c
@@ -160,10 +160,28 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(unlock_flocks);
 
 static struct kmem_cache *filelock_cache __read_mostly;
 
+static void locks_init_lock_always(struct file_lock *fl)
+{
+	fl->fl_next = NULL;
+	fl->fl_fasync = NULL;
+	fl->fl_owner = NULL;
+	fl->fl_pid = 0;
+	fl->fl_nspid = NULL;
+	fl->fl_file = NULL;
+	fl->fl_flags = 0;
+	fl->fl_type = 0;
+	fl->fl_start = fl->fl_end = 0;
+}
+
 /* Allocate an empty lock structure. */
 struct file_lock *locks_alloc_lock(void)
 {
-	return kmem_cache_alloc(filelock_cache, GFP_KERNEL);
+	struct file_lock *fl = kmem_cache_alloc(filelock_cache, GFP_KERNEL);
+
+	if (fl)
+		locks_init_lock_always(fl);
+
+	return fl;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(locks_alloc_lock);
 
@@ -200,17 +218,9 @@ void locks_init_lock(struct file_lock *fl)
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&fl->fl_link);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&fl->fl_block);
 	init_waitqueue_head(&fl->fl_wait);
-	fl->fl_next = NULL;
-	fl->fl_fasync = NULL;
-	fl->fl_owner = NULL;
-	fl->fl_pid = 0;
-	fl->fl_nspid = NULL;
-	fl->fl_file = NULL;
-	fl->fl_flags = 0;
-	fl->fl_type = 0;
-	fl->fl_start = fl->fl_end = 0;
 	fl->fl_ops = NULL;
 	fl->fl_lmops = NULL;
+	locks_init_lock_always(fl);
 }
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(locks_init_lock);