diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmcommon.h b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmcommon.h
index 4b6ae2c13b47a85c6a31f6f7d2a1072099354935..765298908f1d3905bbabf3c5e597a8bf72ebd4a9 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmcommon.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmcommon.h
@@ -1030,6 +1030,7 @@ int dlm_drop_lockres_ref(struct dlm_ctxt *dlm,
 			 struct dlm_lock_resource *res);
 void dlm_clean_master_list(struct dlm_ctxt *dlm,
 			   u8 dead_node);
+void dlm_force_free_mles(struct dlm_ctxt *dlm);
 int dlm_lock_basts_flushed(struct dlm_ctxt *dlm, struct dlm_lock *lock);
 int __dlm_lockres_has_locks(struct dlm_lock_resource *res);
 int __dlm_lockres_unused(struct dlm_lock_resource *res);
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmdomain.c b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmdomain.c
index 153abb5abef024d2ca63f6d4a23ee1c126b89f13..11a5c87fd7f7c00de41c61c00fae625e46675973 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmdomain.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmdomain.c
@@ -693,6 +693,7 @@ void dlm_unregister_domain(struct dlm_ctxt *dlm)
 
 		dlm_mark_domain_leaving(dlm);
 		dlm_leave_domain(dlm);
+		dlm_force_free_mles(dlm);
 		dlm_complete_dlm_shutdown(dlm);
 	}
 	dlm_put(dlm);
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmmaster.c b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmmaster.c
index ffb4c68dafa495bc739165eb30f718f1eb0865ec..f564b0e5f80d8c89e08eeba4a5e133b24cb67373 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmmaster.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmmaster.c
@@ -3433,3 +3433,43 @@ void dlm_lockres_release_ast(struct dlm_ctxt *dlm,
 	wake_up(&res->wq);
 	wake_up(&dlm->migration_wq);
 }
+
+void dlm_force_free_mles(struct dlm_ctxt *dlm)
+{
+	int i;
+	struct hlist_head *bucket;
+	struct dlm_master_list_entry *mle;
+	struct hlist_node *tmp, *list;
+
+	/*
+	 * We notified all other nodes that we are exiting the domain and
+	 * marked the dlm state to DLM_CTXT_LEAVING. If any mles are still
+	 * around we force free them and wake any processes that are waiting
+	 * on the mles
+	 */
+	spin_lock(&dlm->spinlock);
+	spin_lock(&dlm->master_lock);
+
+	BUG_ON(dlm->dlm_state != DLM_CTXT_LEAVING);
+	BUG_ON((find_next_bit(dlm->domain_map, O2NM_MAX_NODES, 0) < O2NM_MAX_NODES));
+
+	for (i = 0; i < DLM_HASH_BUCKETS; i++) {
+		bucket = dlm_master_hash(dlm, i);
+		hlist_for_each_safe(list, tmp, bucket) {
+			mle = hlist_entry(list, struct dlm_master_list_entry,
+					  master_hash_node);
+			if (mle->type != DLM_MLE_BLOCK) {
+				mlog(ML_ERROR, "bad mle: %p\n", mle);
+				dlm_print_one_mle(mle);
+			}
+			atomic_set(&mle->woken, 1);
+			wake_up(&mle->wq);
+
+			__dlm_unlink_mle(dlm, mle);
+			__dlm_mle_detach_hb_events(dlm, mle);
+			__dlm_put_mle(mle);
+		}
+	}
+	spin_unlock(&dlm->master_lock);
+	spin_unlock(&dlm->spinlock);
+}