diff --git a/fs/lockd/clnt4xdr.c b/fs/lockd/clnt4xdr.c
index 7df6324ccb8a..8161667c976f 100644
--- a/fs/lockd/clnt4xdr.c
+++ b/fs/lockd/clnt4xdr.c
@@ -261,7 +261,6 @@ static int decode_nlm4_holder(struct xdr_stream *xdr, struct nlm_res *result)
 	u32 exclusive;
 	int error;
 	__be32 *p;
-	s32 end;
 
 	memset(lock, 0, sizeof(*lock));
 	locks_init_lock(fl);
@@ -285,13 +284,7 @@ static int decode_nlm4_holder(struct xdr_stream *xdr, struct nlm_res *result)
 	fl->fl_type  = exclusive != 0 ? F_WRLCK : F_RDLCK;
 	p = xdr_decode_hyper(p, &l_offset);
 	xdr_decode_hyper(p, &l_len);
-	end = l_offset + l_len - 1;
-
-	fl->fl_start = (loff_t)l_offset;
-	if (l_len == 0 || end < 0)
-		fl->fl_end = OFFSET_MAX;
-	else
-		fl->fl_end = (loff_t)end;
+	nlm4svc_set_file_lock_range(fl, l_offset, l_len);
 	error = 0;
 out:
 	return error;
diff --git a/fs/lockd/xdr4.c b/fs/lockd/xdr4.c
index 712fdfeb8ef0..5fcbf30cd275 100644
--- a/fs/lockd/xdr4.c
+++ b/fs/lockd/xdr4.c
@@ -33,6 +33,17 @@ loff_t_to_s64(loff_t offset)
 	return res;
 }
 
+void nlm4svc_set_file_lock_range(struct file_lock *fl, u64 off, u64 len)
+{
+	s64 end = off + len - 1;
+
+	fl->fl_start = off;
+	if (len == 0 || end < 0)
+		fl->fl_end = OFFSET_MAX;
+	else
+		fl->fl_end = end;
+}
+
 /*
  * NLM file handles are defined by specification to be a variable-length
  * XDR opaque no longer than 1024 bytes. However, this implementation
@@ -80,7 +91,7 @@ svcxdr_decode_lock(struct xdr_stream *xdr, struct nlm_lock *lock)
 	locks_init_lock(fl);
 	fl->fl_flags = FL_POSIX;
 	fl->fl_type  = F_RDLCK;
-
+	nlm4svc_set_file_lock_range(fl, lock->lock_start, lock->lock_len);
 	return true;
 }
 
diff --git a/include/linux/lockd/xdr4.h b/include/linux/lockd/xdr4.h
index 9a6b55da8fd6..72831e35dca3 100644
--- a/include/linux/lockd/xdr4.h
+++ b/include/linux/lockd/xdr4.h
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #define	nlm4_fbig		cpu_to_be32(NLM_FBIG)
 #define	nlm4_failed		cpu_to_be32(NLM_FAILED)
 
+void	nlm4svc_set_file_lock_range(struct file_lock *fl, u64 off, u64 len);
 bool	nlm4svc_decode_void(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct xdr_stream *xdr);
 bool	nlm4svc_decode_testargs(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct xdr_stream *xdr);
 bool	nlm4svc_decode_lockargs(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct xdr_stream *xdr);