diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/locking.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/locking.rst
index c26d854275a0..0997a258361a 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/locking.rst
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/locking.rst
@@ -428,6 +428,8 @@ prototypes::
 	void (*lm_break)(struct file_lock *); /* break_lease callback */
 	int (*lm_change)(struct file_lock **, int);
 	bool (*lm_breaker_owns_lease)(struct file_lock *);
+        bool (*lm_lock_expirable)(struct file_lock *);
+        void (*lm_expire_lock)(void);
 
 locking rules:
 
@@ -439,6 +441,8 @@ lm_grant:		no		no			no
 lm_break:		yes		no			no
 lm_change		yes		no			no
 lm_breaker_owns_lease:	yes     	no			no
+lm_lock_expirable	yes		no			no
+lm_expire_lock		no		no			yes
 ======================	=============	=================	=========
 
 buffer_head
diff --git a/fs/locks.c b/fs/locks.c
index c369841ef7d1..ca28e0e50e56 100644
--- a/fs/locks.c
+++ b/fs/locks.c
@@ -902,6 +902,8 @@ posix_test_lock(struct file *filp, struct file_lock *fl)
 	struct file_lock *cfl;
 	struct file_lock_context *ctx;
 	struct inode *inode = locks_inode(filp);
+	void *owner;
+	void (*func)(void);
 
 	ctx = smp_load_acquire(&inode->i_flctx);
 	if (!ctx || list_empty_careful(&ctx->flc_posix)) {
@@ -909,12 +911,23 @@ posix_test_lock(struct file *filp, struct file_lock *fl)
 		return;
 	}
 
+retry:
 	spin_lock(&ctx->flc_lock);
 	list_for_each_entry(cfl, &ctx->flc_posix, fl_list) {
-		if (posix_locks_conflict(fl, cfl)) {
-			locks_copy_conflock(fl, cfl);
-			goto out;
+		if (!posix_locks_conflict(fl, cfl))
+			continue;
+		if (cfl->fl_lmops && cfl->fl_lmops->lm_lock_expirable
+			&& (*cfl->fl_lmops->lm_lock_expirable)(cfl)) {
+			owner = cfl->fl_lmops->lm_mod_owner;
+			func = cfl->fl_lmops->lm_expire_lock;
+			__module_get(owner);
+			spin_unlock(&ctx->flc_lock);
+			(*func)();
+			module_put(owner);
+			goto retry;
 		}
+		locks_copy_conflock(fl, cfl);
+		goto out;
 	}
 	fl->fl_type = F_UNLCK;
 out:
@@ -1088,6 +1101,8 @@ static int posix_lock_inode(struct inode *inode, struct file_lock *request,
 	int error;
 	bool added = false;
 	LIST_HEAD(dispose);
+	void *owner;
+	void (*func)(void);
 
 	ctx = locks_get_lock_context(inode, request->fl_type);
 	if (!ctx)
@@ -1106,6 +1121,7 @@ static int posix_lock_inode(struct inode *inode, struct file_lock *request,
 		new_fl2 = locks_alloc_lock();
 	}
 
+retry:
 	percpu_down_read(&file_rwsem);
 	spin_lock(&ctx->flc_lock);
 	/*
@@ -1117,6 +1133,17 @@ static int posix_lock_inode(struct inode *inode, struct file_lock *request,
 		list_for_each_entry(fl, &ctx->flc_posix, fl_list) {
 			if (!posix_locks_conflict(request, fl))
 				continue;
+			if (fl->fl_lmops && fl->fl_lmops->lm_lock_expirable
+				&& (*fl->fl_lmops->lm_lock_expirable)(fl)) {
+				owner = fl->fl_lmops->lm_mod_owner;
+				func = fl->fl_lmops->lm_expire_lock;
+				__module_get(owner);
+				spin_unlock(&ctx->flc_lock);
+				percpu_up_read(&file_rwsem);
+				(*func)();
+				module_put(owner);
+				goto retry;
+			}
 			if (conflock)
 				locks_copy_conflock(conflock, fl);
 			error = -EAGAIN;
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index b8ed7f974fb4..aa6c1bbdb8c4 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -1029,6 +1029,7 @@ struct file_lock_operations {
 };
 
 struct lock_manager_operations {
+	void *lm_mod_owner;
 	fl_owner_t (*lm_get_owner)(fl_owner_t);
 	void (*lm_put_owner)(fl_owner_t);
 	void (*lm_notify)(struct file_lock *);	/* unblock callback */
@@ -1037,6 +1038,8 @@ struct lock_manager_operations {
 	int (*lm_change)(struct file_lock *, int, struct list_head *);
 	void (*lm_setup)(struct file_lock *, void **);
 	bool (*lm_breaker_owns_lease)(struct file_lock *);
+	bool (*lm_lock_expirable)(struct file_lock *cfl);
+	void (*lm_expire_lock)(void);
 };
 
 struct lock_manager {