diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmmaster.c b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmmaster.c
index fdf4b41d0609a00e591afeed69ea7cc2ab9d5254..46b8b2bbc95ae7c1ddd776d093215f3557f76cc7 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmmaster.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmmaster.c
@@ -498,16 +498,6 @@ static void dlm_lockres_release(struct kref *kref)
 	mlog(0, "destroying lockres %.*s\n", res->lockname.len,
 	     res->lockname.name);
 
-	spin_lock(&dlm->track_lock);
-	if (!list_empty(&res->tracking))
-		list_del_init(&res->tracking);
-	else {
-		mlog(ML_ERROR, "Resource %.*s not on the Tracking list\n",
-		     res->lockname.len, res->lockname.name);
-		dlm_print_one_lock_resource(res);
-	}
-	spin_unlock(&dlm->track_lock);
-
 	atomic_dec(&dlm->res_cur_count);
 
 	if (!hlist_unhashed(&res->hash_node) ||
@@ -795,8 +785,18 @@ struct dlm_lock_resource * dlm_get_lock_resource(struct dlm_ctxt *dlm,
 		dlm_lockres_grab_inflight_ref(dlm, tmpres);
 
 		spin_unlock(&tmpres->spinlock);
-		if (res)
+		if (res) {
+			spin_lock(&dlm->track_lock);
+			if (!list_empty(&res->tracking))
+				list_del_init(&res->tracking);
+			else
+				mlog(ML_ERROR, "Resource %.*s not "
+						"on the Tracking list\n",
+						res->lockname.len,
+						res->lockname.name);
+			spin_unlock(&dlm->track_lock);
 			dlm_lockres_put(res);
+		}
 		res = tmpres;
 		goto leave;
 	}
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmthread.c b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmthread.c
index 69aac6f088ada71b3dde009f21f2165a7e5b72f5..2e5e6d5fffe8d8b0458498fcf89c5ee845e20848 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmthread.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmthread.c
@@ -211,6 +211,16 @@ static void dlm_purge_lockres(struct dlm_ctxt *dlm,
 
 	__dlm_unhash_lockres(dlm, res);
 
+	spin_lock(&dlm->track_lock);
+	if (!list_empty(&res->tracking))
+		list_del_init(&res->tracking);
+	else {
+		mlog(ML_ERROR, "Resource %.*s not on the Tracking list\n",
+				res->lockname.len, res->lockname.name);
+		__dlm_print_one_lock_resource(res);
+	}
+	spin_unlock(&dlm->track_lock);
+
 	/* lockres is not in the hash now.  drop the flag and wake up
 	 * any processes waiting in dlm_get_lock_resource. */
 	if (!master) {