1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/cluster/tcp.c b/fs/ocfs2/cluster/tcp.c
index 9aa426e42123..92de96cd247d 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/cluster/tcp.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/cluster/tcp.c
@@ -355,6 +355,7 @@ static void sc_kref_release(struct kref *kref)
                 sc->sc_sock = NULL;
         }
 
+        o2nm_undepend_item(&sc->sc_node->nd_item);
         o2nm_node_put(sc->sc_node);
         sc->sc_node = NULL;
 
@@ -376,6 +377,7 @@ static struct o2net_sock_container *sc_alloc(struct o2nm_node *node)
 {
         struct o2net_sock_container *sc, *ret = NULL;
         struct page *page = NULL;
+        int status = 0;
 
         page = alloc_page(GFP_NOFS);
         sc = kzalloc(sizeof(*sc), GFP_NOFS);
@@ -386,6 +388,13 @@ static struct o2net_sock_container *sc_alloc(struct o2nm_node *node)
         o2nm_node_get(node);
         sc->sc_node = node;
 
+        /* pin the node item of the remote node */
+        status = o2nm_depend_item(&node->nd_item);
+        if (status) {
+                mlog_errno(status);
+                o2nm_node_put(node);
+                goto out;
+        }
         INIT_WORK(&sc->sc_connect_work, o2net_sc_connect_completed);
         INIT_WORK(&sc->sc_rx_work, o2net_rx_until_empty);
         INIT_WORK(&sc->sc_shutdown_work, o2net_shutdown_sc);