{
        struct file_lock fl;
        int error;
+       bool sleep = false;
 
        locks_init_lock(&fl);
-       fl.fl_owner = current->files;
        fl.fl_pid = current->tgid;
        fl.fl_file = filp;
        fl.fl_flags = FL_POSIX | FL_ACCESS;
        if (filp && !(filp->f_flags & O_NONBLOCK))
-               fl.fl_flags |= FL_SLEEP;
+               sleep = true;
        fl.fl_type = (read_write == FLOCK_VERIFY_WRITE) ? F_WRLCK : F_RDLCK;
        fl.fl_start = offset;
        fl.fl_end = offset + count - 1;
 
        for (;;) {
+               if (filp) {
+                       fl.fl_owner = (fl_owner_t)filp;
+                       fl.fl_flags &= ~FL_SLEEP;
+                       error = __posix_lock_file(inode, &fl, NULL);
+                       if (!error)
+                               break;
+               }
+
+               if (sleep)
+                       fl.fl_flags |= FL_SLEEP;
+               fl.fl_owner = current->files;
                error = __posix_lock_file(inode, &fl, NULL);
                if (error != FILE_LOCK_DEFERRED)
                        break;