diff --git a/fs/locks.c b/fs/locks.c
index 90b652ad306f126941258d7d8448f45172d67a4e..365c82e1b3a9a602057e65edc9b857c6adce6b76 100644
--- a/fs/locks.c
+++ b/fs/locks.c
@@ -1107,6 +1107,7 @@ static int __posix_lock_file(struct inode *inode, struct file_lock *request, str
 		}
 		locks_copy_lock(new_fl, request);
 		locks_insert_lock_ctx(new_fl, &fl->fl_list);
+		fl = new_fl;
 		new_fl = NULL;
 	}
 	if (right) {