diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmrecovery.c b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmrecovery.c
index 4e0aada7327fe6acd122f25b78457eacf2072af8..c699a450b0f21a1f3ac244c605969b5c148bf088 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmrecovery.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmrecovery.c
@@ -2541,6 +2541,7 @@ static int dlm_send_finalize_reco_message(struct dlm_ctxt *dlm)
 				mlog(ML_ERROR, "node %u went down after this "
 				     "node finished recovery.\n", nodenum);
 				ret = 0;
+				continue;
 			}
 			break;
 		}