diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/cluster/tcp.c b/fs/ocfs2/cluster/tcp.c
index 2e355e0f8335..56c403a563bc 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/cluster/tcp.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/cluster/tcp.c
@@ -1016,7 +1016,8 @@ void o2net_fill_node_map(unsigned long *map, unsigned bytes)
 
 	memset(map, 0, bytes);
 	for (node = 0; node < O2NM_MAX_NODES; ++node) {
-		o2net_tx_can_proceed(o2net_nn_from_num(node), &sc, &ret);
+		if (!o2net_tx_can_proceed(o2net_nn_from_num(node), &sc, &ret))
+			continue;
 		if (!ret) {
 			set_bit(node, map);
 			sc_put(sc);