diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmmaster.c b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmmaster.c
index a6944b25fd5b5ddba427ac66c8f50fb582cf1451..fdf4b41d0609a00e591afeed69ea7cc2ab9d5254 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmmaster.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmmaster.c
@@ -757,6 +757,19 @@ struct dlm_lock_resource * dlm_get_lock_resource(struct dlm_ctxt *dlm,
 	if (tmpres) {
 		spin_unlock(&dlm->spinlock);
 		spin_lock(&tmpres->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(&tmpres->hash_node)) {
+			spin_unlock(&tmpres->spinlock);
+			dlm_lockres_put(tmpres);
+			tmpres = NULL;
+			goto lookup;
+		}
+
 		/* Wait on the thread that is mastering the resource */
 		if (tmpres->owner == DLM_LOCK_RES_OWNER_UNKNOWN) {
 			__dlm_wait_on_lockres(tmpres);