diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.c b/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.c
index a23dd8f86c89..cf3318b0d3a8 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.c
@@ -3525,6 +3525,10 @@ void ocfs2_mark_lockres_freeing(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 	struct ocfs2_mask_waiter mw;
 	unsigned long flags, flags2;
 
+	/* We didn't get anywhere near actually using this lockres. */
+	if (!(lockres->l_flags & OCFS2_LOCK_INITIALIZED))
+		return;
+
 	ocfs2_init_mask_waiter(&mw);
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&lockres->l_lock, flags);