diff --git a/.rubocop_todo/rspec/feature_category.yml b/.rubocop_todo/rspec/feature_category.yml
index 9f33c89366a5de912ac7bc7f001adb0724345b77..a4e1633b5fcb175ef4a6a25e8e49188e9c651325 100644
--- a/.rubocop_todo/rspec/feature_category.yml
+++ b/.rubocop_todo/rspec/feature_category.yml
@@ -3324,7 +3324,6 @@ RSpec/FeatureCategory:
     - 'spec/models/legacy_diff_discussion_spec.rb'
     - 'spec/models/legacy_diff_note_spec.rb'
     - 'spec/models/lfs_download_object_spec.rb'
-    - 'spec/models/lfs_file_lock_spec.rb'
     - 'spec/models/license_template_spec.rb'
     - 'spec/models/list_spec.rb'
     - 'spec/models/list_user_preference_spec.rb'
diff --git a/app/models/lfs_file_lock.rb b/app/models/lfs_file_lock.rb
index c442760dce10383daf91e64d3d78fe4531fb1262..e0df817e49f0c274a3aa8713518f1da3cde549b3 100644
--- a/app/models/lfs_file_lock.rb
+++ b/app/models/lfs_file_lock.rb
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ class LfsFileLock < ApplicationRecord
 
   validates :project_id, :user_id, :path, presence: true
 
+  def self.for_path!(path)
+    find_by!(path: path)
+  end
+
   def can_be_unlocked_by?(current_user, forced = false)
     return true if current_user.id == user_id
 
diff --git a/app/services/lfs/unlock_file_service.rb b/app/services/lfs/unlock_file_service.rb
index a96994af7a9c7bb173a13ad072ade17af12d9ce8..677bbacd9fbaeafc9b4593b9b68003828874e8a4 100644
--- a/app/services/lfs/unlock_file_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/lfs/unlock_file_service.rb
@@ -34,17 +34,15 @@ def unlock_file
       end
     end
 
-    # rubocop: disable CodeReuse/ActiveRecord
     def lock
       return @lock if defined?(@lock)
 
       @lock = if params[:id].present?
                 project.lfs_file_locks.find(params[:id])
               elsif params[:path].present?
-                project.lfs_file_locks.find_by!(path: params[:path])
+                project.lfs_file_locks.for_path!(params[:path])
               end
     end
-    # rubocop: enable CodeReuse/ActiveRecord
   end
 end
 
diff --git a/spec/models/lfs_file_lock_spec.rb b/spec/models/lfs_file_lock_spec.rb
index 5afad6c184fb1f756e7dfa50babffdd43471e827..c879beb39304cdad31ffa36bce9d7f7b50c8cc36 100644
--- a/spec/models/lfs_file_lock_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/lfs_file_lock_spec.rb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 require 'spec_helper'
 
-RSpec.describe LfsFileLock do
+RSpec.describe LfsFileLock, feature_category: :source_code_management do
   let_it_be(:lfs_file_lock, reload: true) { create(:lfs_file_lock) }
 
   subject { lfs_file_lock }
@@ -57,4 +57,18 @@
       end
     end
   end
+
+  describe '#for_path!(path)' do
+    context 'when the lfs_file_lock exists' do
+      it 'returns the lfs file lock' do
+        expect(described_class.for_path!(lfs_file_lock.path)).to eq(lfs_file_lock)
+      end
+    end
+
+    context 'when the path does not exist' do
+      it 'raises an error' do
+        expect { described_class.for_path!('not_a_real_path.rb') }.to raise_error(ActiveRecord::RecordNotFound)
+      end
+    end
+  end
 end