/* check for pre-existing lock */
        spin_lock(&dlm->spinlock);
        res = __dlm_lookup_lockres(dlm, name, namelen, hash);
-       spin_lock(&dlm->master_lock);
-
        if (res) {
                spin_lock(&res->spinlock);
                if (res->state & DLM_LOCK_RES_RECOVERING) {
                spin_unlock(&res->spinlock);
        }
 
+       spin_lock(&dlm->master_lock);
        /* ignore status.  only nonzero status would BUG. */
        ret = dlm_add_migration_mle(dlm, res, mle, &oldmle,
                                    name, namelen,
                                    migrate->new_master,
                                    migrate->master);
 
-unlock:
        spin_unlock(&dlm->master_lock);
+unlock:
        spin_unlock(&dlm->spinlock);
 
        if (oldmle) {