diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/cluster/quorum.c b/fs/ocfs2/cluster/quorum.c
index 62e8ec619b4ce54f6509fcfa2f33cfc381f4fd5e..af2e7473956e8f7f956fdad517634c6b4e18f14c 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/cluster/quorum.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/cluster/quorum.c
@@ -314,12 +314,13 @@ void o2quo_conn_err(u8 node)
 				node, qs->qs_connected);
 
 		clear_bit(node, qs->qs_conn_bm);
+
+		if (test_bit(node, qs->qs_hb_bm))
+			o2quo_set_hold(qs, node);
 	}
 
 	mlog(0, "node %u, %d total\n", node, qs->qs_connected);
 
-	if (test_bit(node, qs->qs_hb_bm))
-		o2quo_set_hold(qs, node);
 
 	spin_unlock(&qs->qs_lock);
 }