diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.c b/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.c
index 4f7795fb5fc0b78a6f58d28f2de69356ff5e197d..88577eb5d7122f688a50619895e7b43440bb956a 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.c
@@ -2545,6 +2545,7 @@ int ocfs2_super_lock(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 	 * everything is up to the caller :) */
 	status = ocfs2_should_refresh_lock_res(lockres);
 	if (status < 0) {
+		ocfs2_cluster_unlock(osb, lockres, level);
 		mlog_errno(status);
 		goto bail;
 	}
@@ -2553,8 +2554,10 @@ int ocfs2_super_lock(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 
 		ocfs2_complete_lock_res_refresh(lockres, status);
 
-		if (status < 0)
+		if (status < 0) {
+			ocfs2_cluster_unlock(osb, lockres, level);
 			mlog_errno(status);
+		}
 		ocfs2_track_lock_refresh(lockres);
 	}
 bail: