diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/journal.c b/fs/ocfs2/journal.c
index c7a9729dc9d0..e79f10cc43d9 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/journal.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/journal.c
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ int ocfs2_recovery_init(struct ocfs2_super *osb)
 	struct ocfs2_recovery_map *rm;
 
 	mutex_init(&osb->recovery_lock);
-	osb->disable_recovery = 0;
+	osb->recovery_state = OCFS2_REC_ENABLED;
 	osb->recovery_thread_task = NULL;
 	init_waitqueue_head(&osb->recovery_event);
 
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ void ocfs2_recovery_exit(struct ocfs2_super *osb)
 	/* disable any new recovery threads and wait for any currently
 	 * running ones to exit. Do this before setting the vol_state. */
 	mutex_lock(&osb->recovery_lock);
-	osb->disable_recovery = 1;
+	osb->recovery_state = OCFS2_REC_DISABLED;
 	mutex_unlock(&osb->recovery_lock);
 	wait_event(osb->recovery_event, !ocfs2_recovery_thread_running(osb));
 
@@ -1582,14 +1582,16 @@ static int __ocfs2_recovery_thread(void *arg)
 
 void ocfs2_recovery_thread(struct ocfs2_super *osb, int node_num)
 {
+	int was_set = -1;
+
 	mutex_lock(&osb->recovery_lock);
+	if (osb->recovery_state < OCFS2_REC_DISABLED)
+		was_set = ocfs2_recovery_map_set(osb, node_num);
 
 	trace_ocfs2_recovery_thread(node_num, osb->node_num,
-		osb->disable_recovery, osb->recovery_thread_task,
-		osb->disable_recovery ?
-		-1 : ocfs2_recovery_map_set(osb, node_num));
+		osb->recovery_state, osb->recovery_thread_task, was_set);
 
-	if (osb->disable_recovery)
+	if (osb->recovery_state == OCFS2_REC_DISABLED)
 		goto out;
 
 	if (osb->recovery_thread_task)
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/ocfs2.h b/fs/ocfs2/ocfs2.h
index 51c52768132d..e713361939f0 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/ocfs2.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/ocfs2.h
@@ -308,6 +308,11 @@ enum ocfs2_journal_trigger_type {
 void ocfs2_initialize_journal_triggers(struct super_block *sb,
 				       struct ocfs2_triggers triggers[]);
 
+enum ocfs2_recovery_state {
+	OCFS2_REC_ENABLED = 0,
+	OCFS2_REC_DISABLED,
+};
+
 struct ocfs2_journal;
 struct ocfs2_slot_info;
 struct ocfs2_recovery_map;
@@ -370,7 +375,7 @@ struct ocfs2_super
 	struct ocfs2_recovery_map *recovery_map;
 	struct ocfs2_replay_map *replay_map;
 	struct task_struct *recovery_thread_task;
-	int disable_recovery;
+	enum ocfs2_recovery_state recovery_state;
 	wait_queue_head_t checkpoint_event;
 	struct ocfs2_journal *journal;
 	unsigned long osb_commit_interval;