diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4_fs.h b/fs/nfs/nfs4_fs.h
index 783df6901b84..b48e5b87cb2a 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4_fs.h
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4_fs.h
@@ -477,8 +477,7 @@ struct nfs_client *nfs4_alloc_client(const struct nfs_client_initdata *);
 extern void nfs4_schedule_state_renewal(struct nfs_client *);
 extern void nfs4_kill_renewd(struct nfs_client *);
 extern void nfs4_renew_state(struct work_struct *);
-extern void nfs4_set_lease_period(struct nfs_client *clp, unsigned long lease);
-
+extern void nfs4_set_lease_period(struct nfs_client *clp, u32 period);
 
 /* nfs4state.c */
 extern const nfs4_stateid current_stateid;
diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
index 7c9cf0983366..9c2ffe72cf33 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
@@ -5487,7 +5487,7 @@ static int nfs4_do_fsinfo(struct nfs_server *server, struct nfs_fh *fhandle, str
 		err = _nfs4_do_fsinfo(server, fhandle, fsinfo);
 		trace_nfs4_fsinfo(server, fhandle, fsinfo->fattr, err);
 		if (err == 0) {
-			nfs4_set_lease_period(server->nfs_client, fsinfo->lease_time * HZ);
+			nfs4_set_lease_period(server->nfs_client, fsinfo->lease_time);
 			break;
 		}
 		err = nfs4_handle_exception(server, err, &exception);
diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4renewd.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4renewd.c
index 18ae614e5a6c..043b2de8d416 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4renewd.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4renewd.c
@@ -137,11 +137,12 @@ nfs4_kill_renewd(struct nfs_client *clp)
  * nfs4_set_lease_period - Sets the lease period on a nfs_client
  *
  * @clp: pointer to nfs_client
- * @lease: new value for lease period
+ * @period: new value for lease period (in seconds)
  */
-void nfs4_set_lease_period(struct nfs_client *clp,
-		unsigned long lease)
+void nfs4_set_lease_period(struct nfs_client *clp, u32 period)
 {
+	unsigned long lease = period * HZ;
+
 	spin_lock(&clp->cl_lock);
 	clp->cl_lease_time = lease;
 	spin_unlock(&clp->cl_lock);
diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4state.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4state.c
index 3de1fb242c15..963719f35467 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4state.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4state.c
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ static int nfs4_setup_state_renewal(struct nfs_client *clp)
 
 	status = nfs4_proc_get_lease_time(clp, &fsinfo);
 	if (status == 0) {
-		nfs4_set_lease_period(clp, fsinfo.lease_time * HZ);
+		nfs4_set_lease_period(clp, fsinfo.lease_time);
 		nfs4_schedule_state_renewal(clp);
 	}