diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmrecovery.c b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmrecovery.c
index 3d90ad7ff91fe..f25ff5d3a2f99 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmrecovery.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmrecovery.c
@@ -2360,6 +2360,8 @@ static void dlm_do_local_recovery_cleanup(struct dlm_ctxt *dlm, u8 dead_node)
 						break;
 					}
 				}
+				dlm_lockres_clear_refmap_bit(dlm, res,
+						dead_node);
 				spin_unlock(&res->spinlock);
 				continue;
 			}