diff --git a/fs/cifs/file.c b/fs/cifs/file.c
index 0305e3866216..23a8374fa97f 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/file.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/file.c
@@ -1574,8 +1574,20 @@ cifs_setlk(struct file *file, struct file_lock *flock, __u32 type,
 		rc = server->ops->mand_unlock_range(cfile, flock, xid);
 
 out:
-	if (flock->fl_flags & FL_POSIX && !rc)
+	if (flock->fl_flags & FL_POSIX) {
+		/*
+		 * If this is a request to remove all locks because we
+		 * are closing the file, it doesn't matter if the
+		 * unlocking failed as both cifs.ko and the SMB server
+		 * remove the lock on file close
+		 */
+		if (rc) {
+			cifs_dbg(VFS, "%s failed rc=%d\n", __func__, rc);
+			if (!(flock->fl_flags & FL_CLOSE))
+				return rc;
+		}
 		rc = locks_lock_file_wait(file, flock);
+	}
 	return rc;
 }