diff --git a/fs/dlm/lowcomms.c b/fs/dlm/lowcomms.c
index 210d52c48808d77f8b2fa4139675062aab309091..bda690cd3640e53fc5b91fe17a81f2b82b2bb9c7 100644
--- a/fs/dlm/lowcomms.c
+++ b/fs/dlm/lowcomms.c
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ struct connection {
 #define CF_CONNECT_PENDING 3
 #define CF_INIT_PENDING 4
 #define CF_IS_OTHERCON 5
+#define CF_CLOSE 6
 	struct list_head writequeue;  /* List of outgoing writequeue_entries */
 	spinlock_t writequeue_lock;
 	int (*rx_action) (struct connection *);	/* What to do when active */
@@ -299,6 +300,8 @@ static void lowcomms_write_space(struct sock *sk)
 
 static inline void lowcomms_connect_sock(struct connection *con)
 {
+	if (test_bit(CF_CLOSE, &con->flags))
+		return;
 	if (!test_and_set_bit(CF_CONNECT_PENDING, &con->flags))
 		queue_work(send_workqueue, &con->swork);
 }
@@ -1368,6 +1371,13 @@ int dlm_lowcomms_close(int nodeid)
 	log_print("closing connection to node %d", nodeid);
 	con = nodeid2con(nodeid, 0);
 	if (con) {
+		clear_bit(CF_CONNECT_PENDING, &con->flags);
+		clear_bit(CF_WRITE_PENDING, &con->flags);
+		set_bit(CF_CLOSE, &con->flags);
+		if (cancel_work_sync(&con->swork))
+			log_print("canceled swork for node %d", nodeid);
+		if (cancel_work_sync(&con->rwork))
+			log_print("canceled rwork for node %d", nodeid);
 		clean_one_writequeue(con);
 		close_connection(con, true);
 	}
@@ -1393,9 +1403,10 @@ static void process_send_sockets(struct work_struct *work)
 
 	if (test_and_clear_bit(CF_CONNECT_PENDING, &con->flags)) {
 		con->connect_action(con);
+		set_bit(CF_WRITE_PENDING, &con->flags);
 	}
-	clear_bit(CF_WRITE_PENDING, &con->flags);
-	send_to_sock(con);
+	if (test_and_clear_bit(CF_WRITE_PENDING, &con->flags))
+		send_to_sock(con);
 }