if (check_lock_length(lock->lk_offset, lock->lk_length))
                 return nfserr_inval;
 
+       if ((status = fh_verify(rqstp, current_fh, S_IFREG, MAY_LOCK))) {
+               dprintk("NFSD: nfsd4_lock: permission denied!\n");
+               return status;
+       }
+
        nfs4_lock_state();
 
        if (lock->lk_is_new) {
        /* lock->lk_stateowner and lock_stp have been created or found */
        filp = lock_stp->st_vfs_file;
 
-       if ((status = fh_verify(rqstp, current_fh, S_IFREG, MAY_LOCK))) {
-               dprintk("NFSD: nfsd4_lock: permission denied!\n");
-               goto out;
-       }
-
        status = nfserr_grace;
        if (nfs4_in_grace() && !lock->lk_reclaim)
                goto out;
        */
 
        status = posix_lock_file(filp, &file_lock);
-       if (file_lock.fl_ops && file_lock.fl_ops->fl_release_private)
-               file_lock.fl_ops->fl_release_private(&file_lock);
        dprintk("NFSD: nfsd4_lock: posix_lock_file status %d\n",status);
        switch (-status) {
        case 0: /* success! */
        *  Try to unlock the file in the VFS.
        */
        status = posix_lock_file(filp, &file_lock); 
-       if (file_lock.fl_ops && file_lock.fl_ops->fl_release_private)
-               file_lock.fl_ops->fl_release_private(&file_lock);
        if (status) {
                dprintk("NFSD: nfs4_locku: posix_lock_file failed!\n");
                goto out_nfserr;