diff --git a/fs/lockd/svcsubs.c b/fs/lockd/svcsubs.c
index d1c48b5..198b4e5 100644
--- a/fs/lockd/svcsubs.c
+++ b/fs/lockd/svcsubs.c
@@ -373,13 +373,16 @@
 	}
 }
 
-/*
- * Remove all locks held for clients
+/**
+ * nlmsvc_invalidate_all - remove all locks held for clients
+ *
+ * Release all locks held by NFS clients.
+ *
  */
 void
 nlmsvc_invalidate_all(void)
 {
-	/* Release all locks held by NFS clients.
+	/*
 	 * Previously, the code would call
 	 * nlmsvc_free_host_resources for each client in
 	 * turn, which is about as inefficient as it gets.
@@ -396,6 +399,12 @@
 	return sb == file->f_file->f_path.mnt->mnt_sb;
 }
 
+/**
+ * nlmsvc_unlock_all_by_sb - release locks held on this file system
+ * @sb: super block
+ *
+ * Release all locks held by clients accessing this file system.
+ */
 int
 nlmsvc_unlock_all_by_sb(struct super_block *sb)
 {
@@ -409,17 +418,22 @@
 static int
 nlmsvc_match_ip(void *datap, struct nlm_host *host)
 {
-	__be32 *server_addr = datap;
-
-	return host->h_saddr.sin_addr.s_addr == *server_addr;
+	return nlm_cmp_addr(&host->h_saddr, datap);
 }
 
+/**
+ * nlmsvc_unlock_all_by_ip - release local locks by IP address
+ * @server_addr: server's IP address as seen by clients
+ *
+ * Release all locks held by clients accessing this host
+ * via the passed in IP address.
+ */
 int
-nlmsvc_unlock_all_by_ip(__be32 server_addr)
+nlmsvc_unlock_all_by_ip(struct sockaddr *server_addr)
 {
 	int ret;
-	ret = nlm_traverse_files(&server_addr, nlmsvc_match_ip, NULL);
-	return ret ? -EIO : 0;
 
+	ret = nlm_traverse_files(server_addr, nlmsvc_match_ip, NULL);
+	return ret ? -EIO : 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nlmsvc_unlock_all_by_ip);
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c b/fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c
index 2c2eb87..1955a27 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c
@@ -310,9 +310,12 @@
 
 static ssize_t failover_unlock_ip(struct file *file, char *buf, size_t size)
 {
-	__be32 server_ip;
-	char *fo_path, c;
+	struct sockaddr_in sin = {
+		.sin_family	= AF_INET,
+	};
 	int b1, b2, b3, b4;
+	char c;
+	char *fo_path;
 
 	/* sanity check */
 	if (size == 0)
@@ -326,11 +329,13 @@
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	/* get ipv4 address */
-	if (sscanf(fo_path, "%u.%u.%u.%u%c", &b1, &b2, &b3, &b4, &c) != 4)
+	if (sscanf(fo_path, NIPQUAD_FMT "%c", &b1, &b2, &b3, &b4, &c) != 4)
 		return -EINVAL;
-	server_ip = htonl((((((b1<<8)|b2)<<8)|b3)<<8)|b4);
+	if (b1 > 255 || b2 > 255 || b3 > 255 || b4 > 255)
+		return -EINVAL;
+	sin.sin_addr.s_addr = htonl((b1 << 24) | (b2 << 16) | (b3 << 8) | b4);
 
-	return nlmsvc_unlock_all_by_ip(server_ip);
+	return nlmsvc_unlock_all_by_ip((struct sockaddr *)&sin);
 }
 
 static ssize_t failover_unlock_fs(struct file *file, char *buf, size_t size)