diff --git a/fs/dlm/plock.c b/fs/dlm/plock.c
index a34f605..a8ffa076 100644
--- a/fs/dlm/plock.c
+++ b/fs/dlm/plock.c
@@ -74,30 +74,26 @@ static void send_op(struct plock_op *op)
 	wake_up(&send_wq);
 }
 
-/* If a process was killed while waiting for the only plock on a file,
-   locks_remove_posix will not see any lock on the file so it won't
-   send an unlock-close to us to pass on to userspace to clean up the
-   abandoned waiter.  So, we have to insert the unlock-close when the
-   lock call is interrupted. */
-
-static void do_unlock_close(const struct dlm_plock_info *info)
+static int do_lock_cancel(const struct dlm_plock_info *orig_info)
 {
 	struct plock_op *op;
+	int rv;
 
 	op = kzalloc(sizeof(*op), GFP_NOFS);
 	if (!op)
-		return;
+		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	op->info.optype		= DLM_PLOCK_OP_UNLOCK;
-	op->info.pid		= info->pid;
-	op->info.fsid		= info->fsid;
-	op->info.number		= info->number;
-	op->info.start		= 0;
-	op->info.end		= OFFSET_MAX;
-	op->info.owner		= info->owner;
+	op->info = *orig_info;
+	op->info.optype = DLM_PLOCK_OP_CANCEL;
+	op->info.wait = 0;
 
-	op->info.flags |= DLM_PLOCK_FL_CLOSE;
 	send_op(op);
+	wait_event(recv_wq, (op->done != 0));
+
+	rv = op->info.rv;
+
+	dlm_release_plock_op(op);
+	return rv;
 }
 
 int dlm_posix_lock(dlm_lockspace_t *lockspace, u64 number, struct file *file,
@@ -156,7 +152,7 @@ int dlm_posix_lock(dlm_lockspace_t *lockspace, u64 number, struct file *file,
 	send_op(op);
 
 	if (op->info.wait) {
-		rv = wait_event_killable(recv_wq, (op->done != 0));
+		rv = wait_event_interruptible(recv_wq, (op->done != 0));
 		if (rv == -ERESTARTSYS) {
 			spin_lock(&ops_lock);
 			/* recheck under ops_lock if we got a done != 0,
@@ -166,17 +162,37 @@ int dlm_posix_lock(dlm_lockspace_t *lockspace, u64 number, struct file *file,
 				spin_unlock(&ops_lock);
 				goto do_lock_wait;
 			}
-			list_del(&op->list);
 			spin_unlock(&ops_lock);
 
+			rv = do_lock_cancel(&op->info);
+			switch (rv) {
+			case 0:
+				/* waiter was deleted in user space, answer will never come
+				 * remove original request. The original request must be
+				 * on recv_list because the answer of do_lock_cancel()
+				 * synchronized it.
+				 */
+				spin_lock(&ops_lock);
+				list_del(&op->list);
+				spin_unlock(&ops_lock);
+				rv = -EINTR;
+				break;
+			case -ENOENT:
+				/* cancellation wasn't successful but op should be done */
+				fallthrough;
+			default:
+				/* internal error doing cancel we need to wait */
+				goto wait;
+			}
+
 			log_debug(ls, "%s: wait interrupted %x %llx pid %d",
 				  __func__, ls->ls_global_id,
 				  (unsigned long long)number, op->info.pid);
-			do_unlock_close(&op->info);
 			dlm_release_plock_op(op);
 			goto out;
 		}
 	} else {
+wait:
 		wait_event(recv_wq, (op->done != 0));
 	}