diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.c b/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.c
index 3b7c937a36b528e67511a23b136215ffaab6d8e4..4689940a953c2f7fc3b3a0e07a7d01c8c09e7d9a 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.c
@@ -2591,6 +2591,10 @@ void ocfs2_inode_unlock_tracker(struct inode *inode,
 	struct ocfs2_lock_res *lockres;
 
 	lockres = &OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_inode_lockres;
+	/* had_lock means that the currect process already takes the cluster
+	 * lock previously. If had_lock is 1, we have nothing to do here, and
+	 * it will get unlocked where we got the lock.
+	 */
 	if (!had_lock) {
 		ocfs2_remove_holder(lockres, oh);
 		ocfs2_inode_unlock(inode, ex);
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/xattr.c b/fs/ocfs2/xattr.c
index 3c5384d9b3a549f319b114a782c7daab966a2c28..f70c3778d600c6be63996572bee6fd46ac03440c 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/xattr.c
@@ -1328,20 +1328,21 @@ static int ocfs2_xattr_get(struct inode *inode,
 			   void *buffer,
 			   size_t buffer_size)
 {
-	int ret;
+	int ret, had_lock;
 	struct buffer_head *di_bh = NULL;
+	struct ocfs2_lock_holder oh;
 
-	ret = ocfs2_inode_lock(inode, &di_bh, 0);
-	if (ret < 0) {
-		mlog_errno(ret);
-		return ret;
+	had_lock = ocfs2_inode_lock_tracker(inode, &di_bh, 0, &oh);
+	if (had_lock < 0) {
+		mlog_errno(had_lock);
+		return had_lock;
 	}
 	down_read(&OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_xattr_sem);
 	ret = ocfs2_xattr_get_nolock(inode, di_bh, name_index,
 				     name, buffer, buffer_size);
 	up_read(&OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_xattr_sem);
 
-	ocfs2_inode_unlock(inode, 0);
+	ocfs2_inode_unlock_tracker(inode, 0, &oh, had_lock);
 
 	brelse(di_bh);
 
@@ -3537,11 +3538,12 @@ int ocfs2_xattr_set(struct inode *inode,
 {
 	struct buffer_head *di_bh = NULL;
 	struct ocfs2_dinode *di;
-	int ret, credits, ref_meta = 0, ref_credits = 0;
+	int ret, credits, had_lock, ref_meta = 0, ref_credits = 0;
 	struct ocfs2_super *osb = OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb);
 	struct inode *tl_inode = osb->osb_tl_inode;
 	struct ocfs2_xattr_set_ctxt ctxt = { NULL, NULL, NULL, };
 	struct ocfs2_refcount_tree *ref_tree = NULL;
+	struct ocfs2_lock_holder oh;
 
 	struct ocfs2_xattr_info xi = {
 		.xi_name_index = name_index,
@@ -3572,8 +3574,9 @@ int ocfs2_xattr_set(struct inode *inode,
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 
-	ret = ocfs2_inode_lock(inode, &di_bh, 1);
-	if (ret < 0) {
+	had_lock = ocfs2_inode_lock_tracker(inode, &di_bh, 1, &oh);
+	if (had_lock < 0) {
+		ret = had_lock;
 		mlog_errno(ret);
 		goto cleanup_nolock;
 	}
@@ -3670,7 +3673,7 @@ int ocfs2_xattr_set(struct inode *inode,
 		if (ret)
 			mlog_errno(ret);
 	}
-	ocfs2_inode_unlock(inode, 1);
+	ocfs2_inode_unlock_tracker(inode, 1, &oh, had_lock);
 cleanup_nolock:
 	brelse(di_bh);
 	brelse(xbs.xattr_bh);