diff --git a/fs/locks.c b/fs/locks.c
index 0e1f0df8de12458ca09f366922d77ba1ca2448af..57f1d5fc876a58e6e213cd8a2e5933e40db51eb9 100644
--- a/fs/locks.c
+++ b/fs/locks.c
@@ -1864,7 +1864,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(vfs_test_lock);
 
 static int posix_lock_to_flock(struct flock *flock, struct file_lock *fl)
 {
-	flock->l_pid = fl->fl_pid;
+	flock->l_pid = IS_FILE_PVT(fl) ? -1 : fl->fl_pid;
 #if BITS_PER_LONG == 32
 	/*
 	 * Make sure we can represent the posix lock via
@@ -1886,7 +1886,7 @@ static int posix_lock_to_flock(struct flock *flock, struct file_lock *fl)
 #if BITS_PER_LONG == 32
 static void posix_lock_to_flock64(struct flock64 *flock, struct file_lock *fl)
 {
-	flock->l_pid = fl->fl_pid;
+	flock->l_pid = IS_FILE_PVT(fl) ? -1 : fl->fl_pid;
 	flock->l_start = fl->fl_start;
 	flock->l_len = fl->fl_end == OFFSET_MAX ? 0 :
 		fl->fl_end - fl->fl_start + 1;