goto out_put;
 
        spin_lock(&ua->proc->locks_spin);
-       list_del_init(&lkb->lkb_ownqueue);
+       /* dlm_user_add_ast() may have already taken lkb off the proc list */
+       if (!list_empty(&lkb->lkb_ownqueue))
+               list_move(&lkb->lkb_ownqueue, &ua->proc->unlocking);
        spin_unlock(&ua->proc->locks_spin);
-
-       /* this removes the reference for the proc->locks list added by
-          dlm_user_request */
-       unhold_lkb(lkb);
  out_put:
        dlm_put_lkb(lkb);
  out:
        /* this lkb was removed from the WAITING queue */
        if (lkb->lkb_grmode == DLM_LOCK_IV) {
                spin_lock(&ua->proc->locks_spin);
-               list_del_init(&lkb->lkb_ownqueue);
+               list_move(&lkb->lkb_ownqueue, &ua->proc->unlocking);
                spin_unlock(&ua->proc->locks_spin);
-               unhold_lkb(lkb);
        }
  out_put:
        dlm_put_lkb(lkb);
        mutex_lock(&ls->ls_clear_proc_locks);
 
        list_for_each_entry_safe(lkb, safe, &proc->locks, lkb_ownqueue) {
-               if (lkb->lkb_ast_type) {
-                       list_del(&lkb->lkb_astqueue);
-                       unhold_lkb(lkb);
-               }
-
                list_del_init(&lkb->lkb_ownqueue);
 
                if (lkb->lkb_exflags & DLM_LKF_PERSISTENT) {
 
                dlm_put_lkb(lkb);
        }
+
+       /* in-progress unlocks */
+       list_for_each_entry_safe(lkb, safe, &proc->unlocking, lkb_ownqueue) {
+               list_del_init(&lkb->lkb_ownqueue);
+               lkb->lkb_flags |= DLM_IFL_DEAD;
+               dlm_put_lkb(lkb);
+       }
+
+       list_for_each_entry_safe(lkb, safe, &proc->asts, lkb_astqueue) {
+               list_del(&lkb->lkb_astqueue);
+               dlm_put_lkb(lkb);
+       }
+
        mutex_unlock(&ls->ls_clear_proc_locks);
        unlock_recovery(ls);
 }
+
 
            ua->lksb.sb_status == -EAGAIN && !list_empty(&lkb->lkb_ownqueue))
                remove_ownqueue = 1;
 
+       /* unlocks or cancels of waiting requests need to be removed from the
+          proc's unlocking list, again there must be a better way...  */
+
+       if (ua->lksb.sb_status == -DLM_EUNLOCK ||
+           (ua->lksb.sb_status == -DLM_ECANCEL &&
+            lkb->lkb_grmode == DLM_LOCK_IV))
+               remove_ownqueue = 1;
+
        /* We want to copy the lvb to userspace when the completion
           ast is read if the status is 0, the lock has an lvb and
           lvb_ops says we should.  We could probably have set_lvb_lock()
        proc->lockspace = ls->ls_local_handle;
        INIT_LIST_HEAD(&proc->asts);
        INIT_LIST_HEAD(&proc->locks);
+       INIT_LIST_HEAD(&proc->unlocking);
        spin_lock_init(&proc->asts_spin);
        spin_lock_init(&proc->locks_spin);
        init_waitqueue_head(&proc->wait);