As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 21, 2022

1933 Act Registration No. 333-248990

1940 Act Registration No. 811-08557

CIK No. 0001048607

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM N-6

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

Post-Effective Amendment No. 7

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940

Amendment No. 310

Lincoln Life Flexible Premium Variable Life Account M
(Exact Name of Registrant)

Lincoln MoneyGuard Market Advantage®

THE LINCOLN NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
(Exact Name of Depositor)

1301 South Harrison Street
Fort Wayne, Indiana 46802
(Address of Depositor’s Principal Executive Offices)

Depositor’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (260) 455-2000

Craig Beazer, Esq.
The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company
150 North Radnor Chester Road
Radnor, PA 19087
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

Copy To:
Jassmin McIver-Jones
The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company
100 N. Greene Street
Greensboro, North Carolina 27401

Approximate Date of Proposed Public Offering: Continuous

Title of Securities being registered:
Indefinite Number of Units of Interest in Variable Life Insurance Contracts.

An indefinite amount of the securities being offered by the Registration Statement has been registered pursuant to
Rule 24f-2 under the Investment Company Act of 1940. The Form 24F-2 for the Registrant for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2021 was filed March 29, 2022.

It is proposed that this filing will become effective:

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immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)

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on May 1, 2022 pursuant to paragraph (b)

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60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)

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on XX XX, 2021 pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) of Rule 485.

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This Post-Effective Amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed Post-Effective Amendment. Such effective date shall be August 10, 2022.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant, Lincoln Life Flexible Premium Variable Life Account M, has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No.: 7 to the Registration Statement on Form N-6 (File No. 333-248990; 811-08557; CIK: 0001048607) to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned duly authorized, in the City of Greensboro and State of North Carolina on the 21st day of July, 2022 at 11:36 am.

Lincoln Life Flexible Premium Variable Life Account M

(Registrant)

/s/Michael Hamilton

By _________________________________

Michael Hamilton

Vice President, MoneyGuard Business Management

The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company

(Depositor)

/s/Michael Hamilton

By _________________________________

Michael Hamilton

Vice President, MoneyGuard Business Management

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Post-Effective Amendment No: 7 to the Registration Statement on Form N-6 (File No. 333-248990; 811-08557; CIK: 0001048607) has been signed below on July 21, 2022 at 11:18 am, by the following persons, as officers and directors of the Depositor, in the capacities indicated:

Signature Title

/s/Ellen G. Cooper*

______________________________

President and Director

Ellen G. Cooper

/s/Randal J. Freitag*

______________________________

Executive Vice President; Chief Financial Officer

Randal J. Freitag

and Director

/s/Craig T. Beazer*

______________________________

Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Director

Craig T. Beazer

/s/Keith J. Ryan*

______________________________ Vice President and Director

Keith J. Ryan

/s/Jayson R. Bronchetti*

______________________________ Executive Vice President, Chief Investment Officer

Jayson R. Bronchetti and Director

/s/Adam M. Cohen*

______________________________ Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer

Adam M. Cohen

/s/Jassmin McIver-Jones

* By ________________________________________

Jassmin McIver-Jones

Attorney-in-Fact, pursuant to a Power-

of-Attorney filed with this Registration Statement