diff --git a/fs/locks.c b/fs/locks.c
index aed4a957d232..314135ad820b 100644
--- a/fs/locks.c
+++ b/fs/locks.c
@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ static int lease_init(struct file *filp, long type, struct file_lock *fl)
 	if (assign_type(fl, type) != 0)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	fl->fl_owner = current->files;
+	fl->fl_owner = filp;
 	fl->fl_pid = current->tgid;
 
 	fl->fl_file = filp;
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index ed4e1897099c..bb9484ae1eef 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -851,13 +851,7 @@ static inline struct file *get_file(struct file *f)
  */
 #define FILE_LOCK_DEFERRED 1
 
-/*
- * The POSIX file lock owner is determined by
- * the "struct files_struct" in the thread group
- * (or NULL for no owner - BSD locks).
- *
- * Lockd stuffs a "host" pointer into this.
- */
+/* legacy typedef, should eventually be removed */
 typedef void *fl_owner_t;
 
 struct file_lock_operations {