diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmrecovery.c b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmrecovery.c
index 53e5c0284fa2..773bd32bfd8c 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmrecovery.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmrecovery.c
@@ -2692,6 +2692,7 @@ int dlm_begin_reco_handler(struct o2net_msg *msg, u32 len, void *data,
 		     dlm->name, br->node_idx, br->dead_node,
 		     dlm->reco.dead_node, dlm->reco.new_master);
 		spin_unlock(&dlm->spinlock);
+		dlm_put(dlm);
 		return -EAGAIN;
 	}
 	spin_unlock(&dlm->spinlock);