diff --git a/fs/gfs2/file.c b/fs/gfs2/file.c
index 26b3f952e6b19cccd2e0333f45498c5531a99c62..2c02478a86b0b48d087d05aee4148eb8ccb06db3 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/file.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/file.c
@@ -912,26 +912,6 @@ static long gfs2_fallocate(struct file *file, int mode, loff_t offset,
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_GFS2_FS_LOCKING_DLM
 
-/**
- * gfs2_setlease - acquire/release a file lease
- * @file: the file pointer
- * @arg: lease type
- * @fl: file lock
- *
- * We don't currently have a way to enforce a lease across the whole
- * cluster; until we do, disable leases (by just returning -EINVAL),
- * unless the administrator has requested purely local locking.
- *
- * Locking: called under i_lock
- *
- * Returns: errno
- */
-
-static int gfs2_setlease(struct file *file, long arg, struct file_lock **fl)
-{
-	return -EINVAL;
-}
-
 /**
  * gfs2_lock - acquire/release a posix lock on a file
  * @file: the file pointer
@@ -1069,7 +1049,7 @@ const struct file_operations gfs2_file_fops = {
 	.flock		= gfs2_flock,
 	.splice_read	= generic_file_splice_read,
 	.splice_write	= iter_file_splice_write,
-	.setlease	= gfs2_setlease,
+	.setlease	= simple_nosetlease,
 	.fallocate	= gfs2_fallocate,
 };
 
diff --git a/fs/libfs.c b/fs/libfs.c
index 88e3e00e2eca0d72aa2bc2af350682d26ca7c7ca..29012a303ef83b1e55e9aaa54bfc315cfc3c35bc 100644
--- a/fs/libfs.c
+++ b/fs/libfs.c
@@ -1075,3 +1075,19 @@ struct inode *alloc_anon_inode(struct super_block *s)
 	return inode;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(alloc_anon_inode);
+
+/**
+ * simple_nosetlease - generic helper for prohibiting leases
+ * @filp: file pointer
+ * @arg: type of lease to obtain
+ * @flp: new lease supplied for insertion
+ *
+ * Generic helper for filesystems that do not wish to allow leases to be set.
+ * All arguments are ignored and it just returns -EINVAL.
+ */
+int
+simple_nosetlease(struct file *filp, long arg, struct file_lock **flp)
+{
+	return -EINVAL;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(simple_nosetlease);
diff --git a/fs/nfs/file.c b/fs/nfs/file.c
index 524dd80d189862db5a76a7bb9e8a263ce857ffeb..8c4048ecdad1836cfbe291203f12be29624145b8 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/file.c
@@ -891,17 +891,6 @@ int nfs_flock(struct file *filp, int cmd, struct file_lock *fl)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nfs_flock);
 
-/*
- * There is no protocol support for leases, so we have no way to implement
- * them correctly in the face of opens by other clients.
- */
-int nfs_setlease(struct file *file, long arg, struct file_lock **fl)
-{
-	dprintk("NFS: setlease(%pD2, arg=%ld)\n", file, arg);
-	return -EINVAL;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nfs_setlease);
-
 const struct file_operations nfs_file_operations = {
 	.llseek		= nfs_file_llseek,
 	.read		= new_sync_read,
@@ -918,6 +907,6 @@ const struct file_operations nfs_file_operations = {
 	.splice_read	= nfs_file_splice_read,
 	.splice_write	= iter_file_splice_write,
 	.check_flags	= nfs_check_flags,
-	.setlease	= nfs_setlease,
+	.setlease	= simple_nosetlease,
 };
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nfs_file_operations);
diff --git a/fs/nfs/internal.h b/fs/nfs/internal.h
index 9056622d223005c087caac590ed8139743665277..94d922ebb5acdc0a381b9b7cfff9ecc534e53cfb 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/internal.h
+++ b/fs/nfs/internal.h
@@ -346,7 +346,6 @@ int nfs_file_release(struct inode *, struct file *);
 int nfs_lock(struct file *, int, struct file_lock *);
 int nfs_flock(struct file *, int, struct file_lock *);
 int nfs_check_flags(int);
-int nfs_setlease(struct file *, long, struct file_lock **);
 
 /* inode.c */
 extern struct workqueue_struct *nfsiod_workqueue;
diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4file.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4file.c
index a816f0627a6ce03cda2502c42c780c5ab6a2742c..3e987ad9ae2547488f6a24d9ac0a411c122028ac 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4file.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4file.c
@@ -131,5 +131,5 @@ const struct file_operations nfs4_file_operations = {
 	.splice_read	= nfs_file_splice_read,
 	.splice_write	= iter_file_splice_write,
 	.check_flags	= nfs_check_flags,
-	.setlease	= nfs_setlease,
+	.setlease	= simple_nosetlease,
 };
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 458f733c96bd314840cf2d1f9cd00558ca226772..435e3d9ec5cf18fe12504291c48307e1ef8c44ef 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -2599,6 +2599,7 @@ extern int simple_write_end(struct file *file, struct address_space *mapping,
 			struct page *page, void *fsdata);
 extern int always_delete_dentry(const struct dentry *);
 extern struct inode *alloc_anon_inode(struct super_block *);
+extern int simple_nosetlease(struct file *, long, struct file_lock **);
 extern const struct dentry_operations simple_dentry_operations;
 
 extern struct dentry *simple_lookup(struct inode *, struct dentry *, unsigned int flags);