diff --git a/fs/locks.c b/fs/locks.c
index 0e5873b0be54609bbd39da6d5740f56d597a346b..a65d85c1fdc26be98030644346d2a566d2cb2ec8 100644
--- a/fs/locks.c
+++ b/fs/locks.c
@@ -1326,7 +1326,7 @@ int fcntl_getlease(struct file *filp)
 }
 
 /**
- *	__setlease	-	sets a lease on an open file
+ *	setlease	-	sets a lease on an open file
  *	@filp: file pointer
  *	@arg: type of lease to obtain
  *	@flp: input - file_lock to use, output - file_lock inserted
@@ -1336,7 +1336,7 @@ int fcntl_getlease(struct file *filp)
  *
  *	Called with kernel lock held.
  */
-static int __setlease(struct file *filp, long arg, struct file_lock **flp)
+static int setlease(struct file *filp, long arg, struct file_lock **flp)
 {
 	struct file_lock *fl, **before, **my_before = NULL, *lease;
 	struct dentry *dentry = filp->f_path.dentry;
@@ -1423,7 +1423,7 @@ static int __setlease(struct file *filp, long arg, struct file_lock **flp)
 }
 
  /**
- *	setlease        -       sets a lease on an open file
+ *	vfs_setlease        -       sets a lease on an open file
  *	@filp: file pointer
  *	@arg: type of lease to obtain
  *	@lease: file_lock to use
@@ -1432,18 +1432,17 @@ static int __setlease(struct file *filp, long arg, struct file_lock **flp)
  *	The fl_lmops fl_break function is required by break_lease
  */
 
-int setlease(struct file *filp, long arg, struct file_lock **lease)
+int vfs_setlease(struct file *filp, long arg, struct file_lock **lease)
 {
 	int error;
 
 	lock_kernel();
-	error = __setlease(filp, arg, lease);
+	error = setlease(filp, arg, lease);
 	unlock_kernel();
 
 	return error;
 }
-
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(setlease);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(vfs_setlease);
 
 /**
  *	fcntl_setlease	-	sets a lease on an open file
@@ -1469,7 +1468,7 @@ int fcntl_setlease(unsigned int fd, struct file *filp, long arg)
 
 	lock_kernel();
 
-	error = __setlease(filp, arg, &flp);
+	error = vfs_setlease(filp, arg, &flp);
 	if (error || arg == F_UNLCK)
 		goto out_unlock;
 
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
index e4a4c87ec8c6d6cfeae1a308c8e53b3cdf0ca947..6284807bd37e588906417d55715067ddf9722247 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ nfs4_close_delegation(struct nfs4_delegation *dp)
 	/* The following nfsd_close may not actually close the file,
 	 * but we want to remove the lease in any case. */
 	if (dp->dl_flock)
-		setlease(filp, F_UNLCK, &dp->dl_flock);
+		vfs_setlease(filp, F_UNLCK, &dp->dl_flock);
 	nfsd_close(filp);
 }
 
@@ -1402,7 +1402,7 @@ void nfsd_release_deleg_cb(struct file_lock *fl)
 /*
  * Set the delegation file_lock back pointer.
  *
- * Called from __setlease() with lock_kernel() held.
+ * Called from setlease() with lock_kernel() held.
  */
 static
 void nfsd_copy_lock_deleg_cb(struct file_lock *new, struct file_lock *fl)
@@ -1416,7 +1416,7 @@ void nfsd_copy_lock_deleg_cb(struct file_lock *new, struct file_lock *fl)
 }
 
 /*
- * Called from __setlease() with lock_kernel() held
+ * Called from setlease() with lock_kernel() held
  */
 static
 int nfsd_same_client_deleg_cb(struct file_lock *onlist, struct file_lock *try)
@@ -1716,10 +1716,10 @@ nfs4_open_delegation(struct svc_fh *fh, struct nfsd4_open *open, struct nfs4_sta
 	fl.fl_file = stp->st_vfs_file;
 	fl.fl_pid = current->tgid;
 
-	/* setlease checks to see if delegation should be handed out.
+	/* vfs_setlease checks to see if delegation should be handed out.
 	 * the lock_manager callbacks fl_mylease and fl_change are used
 	 */
-	if ((status = setlease(stp->st_vfs_file,
+	if ((status = vfs_setlease(stp->st_vfs_file,
 		flag == NFS4_OPEN_DELEGATE_READ? F_RDLCK: F_WRLCK, &flp))) {
 		dprintk("NFSD: setlease failed [%d], no delegation\n", status);
 		unhash_delegation(dp);
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 98205f680476c2b3e94c8b47e4078d0eb5bd579e..a24f029accc07f5154997e232fe3336b137485da 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -872,7 +872,7 @@ extern int vfs_cancel_lock(struct file *filp, struct file_lock *fl);
 extern int flock_lock_file_wait(struct file *filp, struct file_lock *fl);
 extern int __break_lease(struct inode *inode, unsigned int flags);
 extern void lease_get_mtime(struct inode *, struct timespec *time);
-extern int setlease(struct file *, long, struct file_lock **);
+extern int vfs_setlease(struct file *, long, struct file_lock **);
 extern int lease_modify(struct file_lock **, int);
 extern int lock_may_read(struct inode *, loff_t start, unsigned long count);
 extern int lock_may_write(struct inode *, loff_t start, unsigned long count);