diff --git a/fs/gfs2/lock_dlm.c b/fs/gfs2/lock_dlm.c
index 153272f82984..5564aa8b4592 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/lock_dlm.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/lock_dlm.c
@@ -296,6 +296,11 @@ static void gdlm_put_lock(struct gfs2_glock *gl)
 	gfs2_sbstats_inc(gl, GFS2_LKS_DCOUNT);
 	gfs2_update_request_times(gl);
 
+	/* don't want to call dlm if we've unmounted the lock protocol */
+	if (test_bit(DFL_UNMOUNT, &ls->ls_recover_flags)) {
+		gfs2_glock_free(gl);
+		return;
+	}
 	/* don't want to skip dlm_unlock writing the lvb when lock has one */
 
 	if (test_bit(SDF_SKIP_DLM_UNLOCK, &sdp->sd_flags) &&