1 files changed, 8 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmmaster.c b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmmaster.c
index 81ceee2e0d50..e5d7271d5038 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmmaster.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmmaster.c
@@ -994,12 +994,14 @@ recheck:
                 spin_unlock(&res->spinlock);
                 /* this will cause the master to re-assert across
                  * the whole cluster, freeing up mles */
-                ret = dlm_do_master_request(mle, res->owner);
-                if (ret < 0) {
-                        /* give recovery a chance to run */
-                        mlog(ML_ERROR, "link to %u went down?: %d\n", res->owner, ret);
-                        msleep(500);
-                        goto recheck;
+                if (res->owner != dlm->node_num) {
+                        ret = dlm_do_master_request(mle, res->owner);
+                        if (ret < 0) {
+                                /* give recovery a chance to run */
+                                mlog(ML_ERROR, "link to %u went down?: %d\n", res->owner, ret);
+                                msleep(500);
+                                goto recheck;
+                        }
                 }
                 ret = 0;
                 goto leave;