diff --git a/fs/gfs2/locking/dlm/plock.c b/fs/gfs2/locking/dlm/plock.c
index 1dc76805dd45644317fcc7d977c9928ecf297128..fba1f1d87e4fbe92cceb66fd44eb7ee40a8a6d84 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/locking/dlm/plock.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/locking/dlm/plock.c
@@ -254,16 +254,20 @@ int gdlm_plock_get(void *lockspace, struct lm_lockname *name,
 	}
 	spin_unlock(&ops_lock);
 
+	/* info.rv from userspace is 1 for conflict, 0 for no-conflict,
+	   -ENOENT if there are no locks on the file */
+
 	rv = op->info.rv;
 
 	fl->fl_type = F_UNLCK;
 	if (rv == -ENOENT)
 		rv = 0;
-	else if (rv == 0 && op->info.pid != fl->fl_pid) {
+	else if (rv > 0) {
 		fl->fl_type = (op->info.ex) ? F_WRLCK : F_RDLCK;
 		fl->fl_pid = op->info.pid;
 		fl->fl_start = op->info.start;
 		fl->fl_end = op->info.end;
+		rv = 0;
 	}
 
 	kfree(op);