diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmrecovery.c b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmrecovery.c
index b3fdd1a323d6be070f2c85cdd4387fc2eb1547af..e68588e6b1e8eeb2f491f7b10b1c5a84d8ccb910 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmrecovery.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmrecovery.c
@@ -1408,6 +1408,7 @@ int dlm_mig_lockres_handler(struct o2net_msg *msg, u32 len, void *data,
 				     mres->lockname_len, mres->lockname);
 				ret = -EFAULT;
 				spin_unlock(&res->spinlock);
+				dlm_lockres_put(res);
 				goto leave;
 			}
 			res->state |= DLM_LOCK_RES_MIGRATING;