diff --git a/fs/locks.c b/fs/locks.c
index da1d0ddb4abd..6a132cd4fa57 100644
--- a/fs/locks.c
+++ b/fs/locks.c
@@ -1368,6 +1368,11 @@ int generic_setlease(struct file *filp, long arg, struct file_lock **flp)
 	lease = *flp;
 
 	if (arg != F_UNLCK) {
+		error = -ENOMEM;
+		new_fl = locks_alloc_lock();
+		if (new_fl == NULL)
+			goto out;
+
 		error = -EAGAIN;
 		if ((arg == F_RDLCK) && (atomic_read(&inode->i_writecount) > 0))
 			goto out;
@@ -1375,11 +1380,6 @@ int generic_setlease(struct file *filp, long arg, struct file_lock **flp)
 		    && ((atomic_read(&dentry->d_count) > 1)
 			|| (atomic_read(&inode->i_count) > 1)))
 			goto out;
-
-		error = -ENOMEM;
-		new_fl = locks_alloc_lock();
-		if (new_fl == NULL)
-			goto out;
 	}
 
 	/*