diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmmaster.c b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmmaster.c
index 3689b35920422304b47fa92f6c65ced6a9b316c4..a6944b25fd5b5ddba427ac66c8f50fb582cf1451 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmmaster.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmmaster.c
@@ -695,14 +695,6 @@ void __dlm_lockres_grab_inflight_worker(struct dlm_ctxt *dlm,
 			res->inflight_assert_workers);
 }
 
-static void dlm_lockres_grab_inflight_worker(struct dlm_ctxt *dlm,
-		struct dlm_lock_resource *res)
-{
-	spin_lock(&res->spinlock);
-	__dlm_lockres_grab_inflight_worker(dlm, res);
-	spin_unlock(&res->spinlock);
-}
-
 static void __dlm_lockres_drop_inflight_worker(struct dlm_ctxt *dlm,
 		struct dlm_lock_resource *res)
 {
@@ -1646,6 +1638,7 @@ send_response:
 		}
 		mlog(0, "%u is the owner of %.*s, cleaning everyone else\n",
 			     dlm->node_num, res->lockname.len, res->lockname.name);
+		spin_lock(&res->spinlock);
 		ret = dlm_dispatch_assert_master(dlm, res, 0, request->node_idx,
 						 DLM_ASSERT_MASTER_MLE_CLEANUP);
 		if (ret < 0) {
@@ -1653,7 +1646,8 @@ send_response:
 			response = DLM_MASTER_RESP_ERROR;
 			dlm_lockres_put(res);
 		} else
-			dlm_lockres_grab_inflight_worker(dlm, res);
+			__dlm_lockres_grab_inflight_worker(dlm, res);
+		spin_unlock(&res->spinlock);
 	} else {
 		if (res)
 			dlm_lockres_put(res);