diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmrecovery.c b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmrecovery.c
index 9dfaac73b36da4350cc5a2f2dc7a34918a21e11e..aaaffbcbe9163f0ea7376301bc854d85a0bd5b66 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmrecovery.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmrecovery.c
@@ -1997,6 +1997,8 @@ void dlm_move_lockres_to_recovery_list(struct dlm_ctxt *dlm,
 	struct list_head *queue;
 	struct dlm_lock *lock, *next;
 
+	assert_spin_locked(&dlm->spinlock);
+	assert_spin_locked(&res->spinlock);
 	res->state |= DLM_LOCK_RES_RECOVERING;
 	if (!list_empty(&res->recovering)) {
 		mlog(0,
@@ -2326,19 +2328,15 @@ static void dlm_do_local_recovery_cleanup(struct dlm_ctxt *dlm, u8 dead_node)
 			/* zero the lvb if necessary */
 			dlm_revalidate_lvb(dlm, res, dead_node);
 			if (res->owner == dead_node) {
-				if (res->state & DLM_LOCK_RES_DROPPING_REF)
-					mlog(0, "%s:%.*s: owned by "
-					     "dead node %u, this node was "
-					     "dropping its ref when it died. "
-					     "continue, dropping the flag.\n",
-					     dlm->name, res->lockname.len,
-					     res->lockname.name, dead_node);
-
-				/* the wake_up for this will happen when the
-				 * RECOVERING flag is dropped later */
-				res->state &= ~DLM_LOCK_RES_DROPPING_REF;
+				if (res->state & DLM_LOCK_RES_DROPPING_REF) {
+					mlog(ML_NOTICE, "Ignore %.*s for "
+					     "recovery as it is being freed\n",
+					     res->lockname.len,
+					     res->lockname.name);
+				} else
+					dlm_move_lockres_to_recovery_list(dlm,
+									  res);
 
-				dlm_move_lockres_to_recovery_list(dlm, res);
 			} else if (res->owner == dlm->node_num) {
 				dlm_free_dead_locks(dlm, res, dead_node);
 				__dlm_lockres_calc_usage(dlm, res);
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmthread.c b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmthread.c
index dd78ca3f360fe1c984ab64b01d55f06b2c5629dc..2211acf33d9b9be5937ca86c633cd72c013ffd2d 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmthread.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmthread.c
@@ -92,19 +92,27 @@ int __dlm_lockres_has_locks(struct dlm_lock_resource *res)
  * truly ready to be freed. */
 int __dlm_lockres_unused(struct dlm_lock_resource *res)
 {
-	if (!__dlm_lockres_has_locks(res) &&
-	    (list_empty(&res->dirty) && !(res->state & DLM_LOCK_RES_DIRTY))) {
-		/* try not to scan the bitmap unless the first two
-		 * conditions are already true */
-		int bit = find_next_bit(res->refmap, O2NM_MAX_NODES, 0);
-		if (bit >= O2NM_MAX_NODES) {
-			/* since the bit for dlm->node_num is not
-			 * set, inflight_locks better be zero */
-			BUG_ON(res->inflight_locks != 0);
-			return 1;
-		}
-	}
-	return 0;
+	int bit;
+
+	if (__dlm_lockres_has_locks(res))
+		return 0;
+
+	if (!list_empty(&res->dirty) || res->state & DLM_LOCK_RES_DIRTY)
+		return 0;
+
+	if (res->state & DLM_LOCK_RES_RECOVERING)
+		return 0;
+
+	bit = find_next_bit(res->refmap, O2NM_MAX_NODES, 0);
+	if (bit < O2NM_MAX_NODES)
+		return 0;
+
+	/*
+	 * since the bit for dlm->node_num is not set, inflight_locks better
+	 * be zero
+	 */
+	BUG_ON(res->inflight_locks != 0);
+	return 1;
 }