nlmsvc_lock(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct nlm_file *file,
                        struct nlm_lock *lock, int wait, struct nlm_cookie *cookie)
 {
-       struct nlm_block        *block, *newblock = NULL;
+       struct nlm_block        *block = NULL;
        int                     error;
        __be32                  ret;
 
                                wait);
 
 
-       lock->fl.fl_flags &= ~FL_SLEEP;
-again:
        /* Lock file against concurrent access */
        mutex_lock(&file->f_mutex);
-       /* Get existing block (in case client is busy-waiting) */
+       /* Get existing block (in case client is busy-waiting)
+        * or create new block
+        */
        block = nlmsvc_lookup_block(file, lock);
        if (block == NULL) {
-               if (newblock != NULL)
-                       lock = &newblock->b_call->a_args.lock;
-       } else
+               block = nlmsvc_create_block(rqstp, file, lock, cookie);
+               ret = nlm_lck_denied_nolocks;
+               if (block == NULL)
+                       goto out;
                lock = &block->b_call->a_args.lock;
+       } else
+               lock->fl.fl_flags &= ~FL_SLEEP;
 
        error = posix_lock_file(file->f_file, &lock->fl, NULL);
        lock->fl.fl_flags &= ~FL_SLEEP;
                goto out;
 
        ret = nlm_lck_blocked;
-       if (block != NULL)
-               goto out;
-
-       /* If we don't have a block, create and initialize it. Then
-        * retry because we may have slept in kmalloc. */
-       /* We have to release f_mutex as nlmsvc_create_block may try to
-        * to claim it while doing host garbage collection */
-       if (newblock == NULL) {
-               mutex_unlock(&file->f_mutex);
-               dprintk("lockd: blocking on this lock (allocating).\n");
-               if (!(newblock = nlmsvc_create_block(rqstp, file, lock, cookie)))
-                       return nlm_lck_denied_nolocks;
-               goto again;
-       }
 
        /* Append to list of blocked */
-       nlmsvc_insert_block(newblock, NLM_NEVER);
+       nlmsvc_insert_block(block, NLM_NEVER);
 out:
        mutex_unlock(&file->f_mutex);
-       nlmsvc_release_block(newblock);
        nlmsvc_release_block(block);
        dprintk("lockd: nlmsvc_lock returned %u\n", ret);
        return ret;