diff --git a/fs/dlm/lock.c b/fs/dlm/lock.c
index 739f09d0951c..dac7eb75dba9 100644
--- a/fs/dlm/lock.c
+++ b/fs/dlm/lock.c
@@ -1310,6 +1310,13 @@ static inline void hold_lkb(struct dlm_lkb *lkb)
 	kref_get(&lkb->lkb_ref);
 }
 
+static void unhold_lkb_assert(struct kref *kref)
+{
+	struct dlm_lkb *lkb = container_of(kref, struct dlm_lkb, lkb_ref);
+
+	DLM_ASSERT(false, dlm_print_lkb(lkb););
+}
+
 /* This is called when we need to remove a reference and are certain
    it's not the last ref.  e.g. del_lkb is always called between a
    find_lkb/put_lkb and is always the inverse of a previous add_lkb.
@@ -1317,9 +1324,7 @@ static inline void hold_lkb(struct dlm_lkb *lkb)
 
 static inline void unhold_lkb(struct dlm_lkb *lkb)
 {
-	int rv;
-	rv = kref_put(&lkb->lkb_ref, kill_lkb);
-	DLM_ASSERT(!rv, dlm_print_lkb(lkb););
+	kref_put(&lkb->lkb_ref, unhold_lkb_assert);
 }
 
 static void lkb_add_ordered(struct list_head *new, struct list_head *head,