diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmrecovery.c b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmrecovery.c
index cecd875653e4..ce12e0b1a31f 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmrecovery.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmrecovery.c
@@ -1070,6 +1070,9 @@ static void dlm_move_reco_locks_to_list(struct dlm_ctxt *dlm,
 					     dead_node, dlm->name);
 					list_del_init(&lock->list);
 					dlm_lock_put(lock);
+					/* Can't schedule DLM_UNLOCK_FREE_LOCK
+					 * - do manually */
+					dlm_lock_put(lock);
 					break;
 				}
 			}
@@ -2346,6 +2349,10 @@ static void dlm_do_local_recovery_cleanup(struct dlm_ctxt *dlm, u8 dead_node)
 						     dead_node, dlm->name);
 						list_del_init(&lock->list);
 						dlm_lock_put(lock);
+						/* Can't schedule
+						 * DLM_UNLOCK_FREE_LOCK
+						 * - do manually */
+						dlm_lock_put(lock);
 						break;
 					}
 				}