diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmmaster.c b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmmaster.c
index 215e41abf101..3689b3592042 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmmaster.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmmaster.c
@@ -1460,6 +1460,18 @@ way_up_top:
 
 		/* take care of the easy cases up front */
 		spin_lock(&res->spinlock);
+
+		/*
+		 * Right after dlm spinlock was released, dlm_thread could have
+		 * purged the lockres. Check if lockres got unhashed. If so
+		 * start over.
+		 */
+		if (hlist_unhashed(&res->hash_node)) {
+			spin_unlock(&res->spinlock);
+			dlm_lockres_put(res);
+			goto way_up_top;
+		}
+
 		if (res->state & (DLM_LOCK_RES_RECOVERING|
 				  DLM_LOCK_RES_MIGRATING)) {
 			spin_unlock(&res->spinlock);