diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
index 314dc806146112f5830ac13506fd4ad0cd72c8ea..4ab567e7db0f5d5779176bb88b40c9c9d31bb5a2 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
@@ -821,10 +821,8 @@ static void __release_lock_stateid(struct nfs4_ol_stateid *stp)
 	unhash_generic_stateid(stp);
 	unhash_stid(&stp->st_stid);
 	file = find_any_file(stp->st_file);
-	if (file) {
-		locks_remove_posix(file, (fl_owner_t)lockowner(stp->st_stateowner));
-		fput(file);
-	}
+	if (file)
+		filp_close(file, (fl_owner_t)lockowner(stp->st_stateowner));
 	close_generic_stateid(stp);
 	free_generic_stateid(stp);
 }