diff --git a/fs/locks.c b/fs/locks.c
index da57c9b7e8445934b86f2ae760b2e25c5df37ff3..717fbc404e6b2ac1522175758cc365a847ca0c52 100644
--- a/fs/locks.c
+++ b/fs/locks.c
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ static int lease_init(struct file *filp, long type, struct file_lock *fl)
 	if (assign_type(fl, type) != 0)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	fl->fl_owner = (fl_owner_t)filp;
+	fl->fl_owner = (fl_owner_t)current->files;
 	fl->fl_pid = current->tgid;
 
 	fl->fl_file = filp;
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 338e6f758c6d922be7d8163361da051efa0e3cbc..e11d60cc867bd9010edc8d2425cce03b228d968f 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -1921,6 +1921,12 @@ static inline int break_lease(struct inode *inode, unsigned int mode)
 
 static inline int break_deleg(struct inode *inode, unsigned int mode)
 {
+	/*
+	 * Since this check is lockless, we must ensure that any refcounts
+	 * taken are done before checking inode->i_flock. Otherwise, we could
+	 * end up racing with tasks trying to set a new lease on this file.
+	 */
+	smp_mb();
 	if (inode->i_flock)
 		return __break_lease(inode, mode, FL_DELEG);
 	return 0;