diff --git a/include/linux/lockd/lockd.h b/include/linux/lockd/lockd.h
index 80a0a2cff2b826fbd4ee0fe0cfdc35c6967af13d..54dbb458e73c344edc23dc9833693d28942b47ae 100644
--- a/include/linux/lockd/lockd.h
+++ b/include/linux/lockd/lockd.h
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ struct nlm_host {
 struct nsm_handle {
 	struct list_head	sm_link;
 	atomic_t		sm_count;
-	char *			sm_name;
+	char			*sm_name;
 	struct sockaddr_storage	sm_addr;
 	size_t			sm_addrlen;
 	unsigned int		sm_monitored : 1,