diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmmaster.c b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmmaster.c
index 6d318b0bd81619d20355f38b928ce8f0806b7c18..320081d53f223503a1747b60d58b005a01dbf28a 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmmaster.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmmaster.c
@@ -2933,6 +2933,9 @@ static void dlm_remove_nonlocal_locks(struct dlm_ctxt *dlm,
 				dlm_lockres_clear_refmap_bit(lock->ml.node, res);
 				list_del_init(&lock->list);
 				dlm_lock_put(lock);
+				/* In a normal unlock, we would have added a
+				 * DLM_UNLOCK_FREE_LOCK action. Force it. */
+				dlm_lock_put(lock);
 			}
 		}
 		queue++;
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmrecovery.c b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmrecovery.c
index 550d4e62b3204faf7049dad750de3f23da78e95b..db17727594ab547a9a9a7bd6d7414396113c57e7 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmrecovery.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmrecovery.c
@@ -2130,11 +2130,16 @@ static void dlm_free_dead_locks(struct dlm_ctxt *dlm,
 	assert_spin_locked(&dlm->spinlock);
 	assert_spin_locked(&res->spinlock);
 
+	/* We do two dlm_lock_put(). One for removing from list and the other is
+	 * to force the DLM_UNLOCK_FREE_LOCK action so as to free the locks */
+
 	/* TODO: check pending_asts, pending_basts here */
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(lock, next, &res->granted, list) {
 		if (lock->ml.node == dead_node) {
 			list_del_init(&lock->list);
 			dlm_lock_put(lock);
+			/* Can't schedule DLM_UNLOCK_FREE_LOCK - do manually */
+			dlm_lock_put(lock);
 			freed++;
 		}
 	}
@@ -2142,6 +2147,8 @@ static void dlm_free_dead_locks(struct dlm_ctxt *dlm,
 		if (lock->ml.node == dead_node) {
 			list_del_init(&lock->list);
 			dlm_lock_put(lock);
+			/* Can't schedule DLM_UNLOCK_FREE_LOCK - do manually */
+			dlm_lock_put(lock);
 			freed++;
 		}
 	}
@@ -2149,6 +2156,8 @@ static void dlm_free_dead_locks(struct dlm_ctxt *dlm,
 		if (lock->ml.node == dead_node) {
 			list_del_init(&lock->list);
 			dlm_lock_put(lock);
+			/* Can't schedule DLM_UNLOCK_FREE_LOCK - do manually */
+			dlm_lock_put(lock);
 			freed++;
 		}
 	}