diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmrecovery.c b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmrecovery.c
index 773bd32bfd8c..f94550218152 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmrecovery.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmrecovery.c
@@ -787,6 +787,7 @@ static int dlm_request_all_locks(struct dlm_ctxt *dlm, u8 request_from,
 {
 	struct dlm_lock_request lr;
 	int ret;
+	int status;
 
 	mlog(0, "\n");
 
@@ -800,13 +801,15 @@ static int dlm_request_all_locks(struct dlm_ctxt *dlm, u8 request_from,
 
 	// send message
 	ret = o2net_send_message(DLM_LOCK_REQUEST_MSG, dlm->key,
-				 &lr, sizeof(lr), request_from, NULL);
+				 &lr, sizeof(lr), request_from, &status);
 
 	/* negative status is handled by caller */
 	if (ret < 0)
 		mlog(ML_ERROR, "%s: Error %d send LOCK_REQUEST to node %u "
 		     "to recover dead node %u\n", dlm->name, ret,
 		     request_from, dead_node);
+	else
+		ret = status;
 	// return from here, then
 	// sleep until all received or error
 	return ret;