1 files changed, 4 insertions, 12 deletions

diff --git a/fs/dlm/lowcomms.c b/fs/dlm/lowcomms.c
index 9e9d2e82f40f..62a8a6ccd992 100644
--- a/fs/dlm/lowcomms.c
+++ b/fs/dlm/lowcomms.c
@@ -334,18 +334,8 @@ static void close_connection(struct connection *con, bool and_other)
                 con->rx_page = NULL;
         }
 
-        /* If we are an 'othercon' then NULL the pointer to us
-           from the parent and tidy ourself up */
-        if (test_bit(CF_IS_OTHERCON, &con->flags)) {
-                struct connection *parent = __nodeid2con(con->nodeid, 0);
-                parent->othercon = NULL;
-                kmem_cache_free(con_cache, con);
-        }
-        else {
-                /* Parent connections get reused */
-                con->retries = 0;
-                mutex_unlock(&con->sock_mutex);
-        }
+        con->retries = 0;
+        mutex_unlock(&con->sock_mutex);
 }
 
 /* We only send shutdown messages to nodes that are not part of the cluster */
@@ -731,6 +721,8 @@ static int tcp_accept_from_sock(struct connection *con)
                         INIT_WORK(&othercon->swork, process_send_sockets);
                         INIT_WORK(&othercon->rwork, process_recv_sockets);
                         set_bit(CF_IS_OTHERCON, &othercon->flags);
+                }
+                if (!othercon->sock) {
                         newcon->othercon = othercon;
                         othercon->sock = newsock;
                         newsock->sk->sk_user_data = othercon;