/* The new front of the queue now owns the state variables. */
                next = list_entry(vnode->pending_locks.next,
                                  struct file_lock, fl_u.afs.link);
-               vnode->lock_key = afs_file_key(next->fl_file);
+               vnode->lock_key = key_get(afs_file_key(next->fl_file));
                vnode->lock_type = (next->fl_type == F_RDLCK) ? AFS_LOCK_READ : AFS_LOCK_WRITE;
                vnode->lock_state = AFS_VNODE_LOCK_WAITING_FOR_CB;
                goto again;
        /* The new front of the queue now owns the state variables. */
        next = list_entry(vnode->pending_locks.next,
                          struct file_lock, fl_u.afs.link);
-       vnode->lock_key = afs_file_key(next->fl_file);
+       vnode->lock_key = key_get(afs_file_key(next->fl_file));
        vnode->lock_type = (next->fl_type == F_RDLCK) ? AFS_LOCK_READ : AFS_LOCK_WRITE;
        vnode->lock_state = AFS_VNODE_LOCK_WAITING_FOR_CB;
        afs_lock_may_be_available(vnode);
 
 #endif
 
        afs_put_permits(rcu_access_pointer(vnode->permit_cache));
+       key_put(vnode->lock_key);
+       vnode->lock_key = NULL;
        _leave("");
 }