diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmmaster.c b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmmaster.c
index 3f828a187049..0487dbcd17e0 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmmaster.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmmaster.c
@@ -1609,8 +1609,6 @@ int dlm_master_request_handler(struct o2net_msg *msg, u32 len, void *data,
 		__dlm_insert_mle(dlm, mle);
 		response = DLM_MASTER_RESP_NO;
 	} else {
-		// mlog(0, "mle was found\n");
-		set_maybe = 1;
 		spin_lock(&tmpmle->spinlock);
 		if (tmpmle->master == dlm->node_num) {
 			mlog(ML_ERROR, "no lockres, but an mle with this node as master!\n");
@@ -1625,8 +1623,7 @@ int dlm_master_request_handler(struct o2net_msg *msg, u32 len, void *data,
 			response = DLM_MASTER_RESP_NO;
 		} else
 			response = DLM_MASTER_RESP_MAYBE;
-		if (set_maybe)
-			set_bit(request->node_idx, tmpmle->maybe_map);
+		set_bit(request->node_idx, tmpmle->maybe_map);
 		spin_unlock(&tmpmle->spinlock);
 	}
 	spin_unlock(&dlm->master_lock);