diff --git a/fs/dlm/lock.c b/fs/dlm/lock.c
index 137cf09b51e5..f5330e58d1fc 100644
--- a/fs/dlm/lock.c
+++ b/fs/dlm/lock.c
@@ -4100,13 +4100,14 @@ static void send_repeat_remove(struct dlm_ls *ls, char *ms_name, int len)
 	rv = _create_message(ls, sizeof(struct dlm_message) + len,
 			     dir_nodeid, DLM_MSG_REMOVE, &ms, &mh);
 	if (rv)
-		return;
+		goto out;
 
 	memcpy(ms->m_extra, name, len);
 	ms->m_hash = cpu_to_le32(hash);
 
 	send_message(mh, ms);
 
+out:
 	spin_lock(&ls->ls_remove_spin);
 	ls->ls_remove_len = 0;
 	memset(ls->ls_remove_name, 0, DLM_RESNAME_MAXLEN);