1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmmaster.c b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmmaster.c
index 0b7e29e916ed..1b28d3eedac7 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmmaster.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmmaster.c
@@ -1741,7 +1741,8 @@ int dlm_assert_master_handler(struct o2net_msg *msg, u32 len, void *data)
                         goto kill;
                 }
                 if (!mle) {
-                        if (res->owner != assert->node_idx) {
+                        if (res->owner != DLM_LOCK_RES_OWNER_UNKNOWN &&
+                            res->owner != assert->node_idx) {
                                 mlog(ML_ERROR, "assert_master from "
                                           "%u, but current owner is "
                                           "%u! (%.*s)\n",