diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/stack_user.c b/fs/ocfs2/stack_user.c
index ced70c8139f7..c9e828ec3c8e 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/stack_user.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/stack_user.c
@@ -1007,10 +1007,17 @@ static int user_cluster_connect(struct ocfs2_cluster_connection *conn)
 	lc->oc_type = NO_CONTROLD;
 
 	rc = dlm_new_lockspace(conn->cc_name, conn->cc_cluster_name,
-			       DLM_LSFL_FS, DLM_LVB_LEN,
+			       DLM_LSFL_FS | DLM_LSFL_NEWEXCL, DLM_LVB_LEN,
 			       &ocfs2_ls_ops, conn, &ops_rv, &fsdlm);
-	if (rc)
+	if (rc) {
+		if (rc == -EEXIST || rc == -EPROTO)
+			printk(KERN_ERR "ocfs2: Unable to create the "
+				"lockspace %s (%d), because a ocfs2-tools "
+				"program is running on this file system "
+				"with the same name lockspace\n",
+				conn->cc_name, rc);
 		goto out;
+	}
 
 	if (ops_rv == -EOPNOTSUPP) {
 		lc->oc_type = WITH_CONTROLD;