diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmmaster.c b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmmaster.c
index a3194fe173d9..2e2e95e69499 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmmaster.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmmaster.c
@@ -2482,7 +2482,9 @@ void dlm_clean_master_list(struct dlm_ctxt *dlm, u8 dead_node)
 				atomic_set(&mle->woken, 1);
 				spin_unlock(&mle->spinlock);
 				wake_up(&mle->wq);
-				/* final put will take care of list removal */
+				/* do not need events any longer, so detach 
+				 * from heartbeat */
+				__dlm_mle_detach_hb_events(dlm, mle);
 				__dlm_put_mle(mle);
 			}
 			continue;
@@ -2537,6 +2539,9 @@ void dlm_clean_master_list(struct dlm_ctxt *dlm, u8 dead_node)
 			spin_unlock(&res->spinlock);
 			dlm_lockres_put(res);
 
+			/* about to get rid of mle, detach from heartbeat */
+			__dlm_mle_detach_hb_events(dlm, mle);
+
 			/* dump the mle */
 			spin_lock(&dlm->master_lock);
 			__dlm_put_mle(mle);