}
 
 /* Fill in a file_lock structure with an appropriate FLOCK lock. */
-static struct file_lock *
-flock_make_lock(struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd, struct file_lock *fl)
+static void flock_make_lock(struct file *filp, struct file_lock *fl, int type)
 {
-       int type = flock_translate_cmd(cmd);
-
-       if (type < 0)
-               return ERR_PTR(type);
-
-       if (fl == NULL) {
-               fl = locks_alloc_lock();
-               if (fl == NULL)
-                       return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
-       } else {
-               locks_init_lock(fl);
-       }
+       locks_init_lock(fl);
 
        fl->fl_file = filp;
        fl->fl_owner = filp;
        fl->fl_flags = FL_FLOCK;
        fl->fl_type = type;
        fl->fl_end = OFFSET_MAX;
-
-       return fl;
 }
 
 static int assign_type(struct file_lock *fl, long type)
  */
 SYSCALL_DEFINE2(flock, unsigned int, fd, unsigned int, cmd)
 {
+       int can_sleep, error, unlock, type;
        struct fd f = fdget(fd);
-       struct file_lock *lock;
-       int can_sleep, unlock;
-       int error;
+       struct file_lock fl;
 
        error = -EBADF;
        if (!f.file)
                goto out_putf;
        }
 
-       lock = flock_make_lock(f.file, cmd, NULL);
-       if (IS_ERR(lock)) {
-               error = PTR_ERR(lock);
+       type = flock_translate_cmd(cmd);
+       if (type < 0) {
+               error = type;
                goto out_putf;
        }
 
+       flock_make_lock(f.file, &fl, type);
+
        if (can_sleep)
-               lock->fl_flags |= FL_SLEEP;
+               fl.fl_flags |= FL_SLEEP;
 
-       error = security_file_lock(f.file, lock->fl_type);
+       error = security_file_lock(f.file, fl.fl_type);
        if (error)
-               goto out_free;
+               goto out_putf;
 
        if (f.file->f_op->flock)
                error = f.file->f_op->flock(f.file,
                                          (can_sleep) ? F_SETLKW : F_SETLK,
-                                         lock);
+                                           &fl);
        else
-               error = locks_lock_file_wait(f.file, lock);
-
- out_free:
-       locks_free_lock(lock);
+               error = locks_lock_file_wait(f.file, &fl);
 
  out_putf:
        fdput(f);
        if (list_empty(&flctx->flc_flock))
                return;
 
-       flock_make_lock(filp, LOCK_UN, &fl);
+       flock_make_lock(filp, &fl, F_UNLCK);
        fl.fl_flags |= FL_CLOSE;
 
        if (filp->f_op->flock)