diff --git a/fs/ceph/caps.c b/fs/ceph/caps.c
index 4b159f97fe7b..f75ad432f375 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/caps.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/caps.c
@@ -2913,7 +2913,7 @@ int ceph_get_caps(struct file *filp, int need, int want, loff_t endoff, int *got
 
 	while (true) {
 		flags &= CEPH_FILE_MODE_MASK;
-		if (atomic_read(&fi->num_locks))
+		if (vfs_inode_has_locks(inode))
 			flags |= CHECK_FILELOCK;
 		_got = 0;
 		ret = try_get_cap_refs(inode, need, want, endoff,
diff --git a/fs/ceph/locks.c b/fs/ceph/locks.c
index f3b461c708a8..9c8dc8a55e7e 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/locks.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/locks.c
@@ -32,24 +32,36 @@ void __init ceph_flock_init(void)
 
 static void ceph_fl_copy_lock(struct file_lock *dst, struct file_lock *src)
 {
-	struct ceph_file_info *fi = dst->fl_file->private_data;
 	struct inode *inode = file_inode(dst->fl_file);
 	atomic_inc(&ceph_inode(inode)->i_filelock_ref);
-	atomic_inc(&fi->num_locks);
+	dst->fl_u.ceph.inode = igrab(inode);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Do not use the 'fl->fl_file' in release function, which
+ * is possibly already released by another thread.
+ */
 static void ceph_fl_release_lock(struct file_lock *fl)
 {
-	struct ceph_file_info *fi = fl->fl_file->private_data;
-	struct inode *inode = file_inode(fl->fl_file);
-	struct ceph_inode_info *ci = ceph_inode(inode);
-	atomic_dec(&fi->num_locks);
+	struct inode *inode = fl->fl_u.ceph.inode;
+	struct ceph_inode_info *ci;
+
+	/*
+	 * If inode is NULL it should be a request file_lock,
+	 * nothing we can do.
+	 */
+	if (!inode)
+		return;
+
+	ci = ceph_inode(inode);
 	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&ci->i_filelock_ref)) {
 		/* clear error when all locks are released */
 		spin_lock(&ci->i_ceph_lock);
 		ci->i_ceph_flags &= ~CEPH_I_ERROR_FILELOCK;
 		spin_unlock(&ci->i_ceph_lock);
 	}
+	fl->fl_u.ceph.inode = NULL;
+	iput(inode);
 }
 
 static const struct file_lock_operations ceph_fl_lock_ops = {
diff --git a/fs/ceph/super.h b/fs/ceph/super.h
index 30bdb391a0dc..0ed3be75bb9a 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/super.h
+++ b/fs/ceph/super.h
@@ -790,7 +790,6 @@ struct ceph_file_info {
 	struct list_head rw_contexts;
 
 	u32 filp_gen;
-	atomic_t num_locks;
 };
 
 struct ceph_dir_file_info {
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 066555ad1bf8..c1769a2c5d70 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -1119,6 +1119,9 @@ struct file_lock {
 			int state;		/* state of grant or error if -ve */
 			unsigned int	debug_id;
 		} afs;
+		struct {
+			struct inode *inode;
+		} ceph;
 	} fl_u;
 } __randomize_layout;