diff --git a/fs/dlm/lowcomms.c b/fs/dlm/lowcomms.c
index 609108a8326..2559a97f0dd 100644
--- a/fs/dlm/lowcomms.c
+++ b/fs/dlm/lowcomms.c
@@ -309,6 +309,20 @@ static void lowcomms_state_change(struct sock *sk)
 		lowcomms_write_space(sk);
 }
 
+int dlm_lowcomms_connect_node(int nodeid)
+{
+	struct connection *con;
+
+	if (nodeid == dlm_our_nodeid())
+		return 0;
+
+	con = nodeid2con(nodeid, GFP_NOFS);
+	if (!con)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	lowcomms_connect_sock(con);
+	return 0;
+}
+
 /* Make a socket active */
 static int add_sock(struct socket *sock, struct connection *con)
 {
@@ -1421,7 +1435,7 @@ static int work_start(void)
 static void stop_conn(struct connection *con)
 {
 	con->flags |= 0x0F;
-	if (con->sock)
+	if (con->sock && con->sock->sk)
 		con->sock->sk->sk_user_data = NULL;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/dlm/lowcomms.h b/fs/dlm/lowcomms.h
index a9a9618c0d3..1311e642628 100644
--- a/fs/dlm/lowcomms.h
+++ b/fs/dlm/lowcomms.h
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 *******************************************************************************
 **
 **  Copyright (C) Sistina Software, Inc.  1997-2003  All rights reserved.
-**  Copyright (C) 2004-2005 Red Hat, Inc.  All rights reserved.
+**  Copyright (C) 2004-2009 Red Hat, Inc.  All rights reserved.
 **
 **  This copyrighted material is made available to anyone wishing to use,
 **  modify, copy, or redistribute it subject to the terms and conditions
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ void dlm_lowcomms_stop(void);
 int dlm_lowcomms_close(int nodeid);
 void *dlm_lowcomms_get_buffer(int nodeid, int len, gfp_t allocation, char **ppc);
 void dlm_lowcomms_commit_buffer(void *mh);
+int dlm_lowcomms_connect_node(int nodeid);
 
 #endif				/* __LOWCOMMS_DOT_H__ */
 
diff --git a/fs/dlm/member.c b/fs/dlm/member.c
index 26133f05ae3..2afb77051cc 100644
--- a/fs/dlm/member.c
+++ b/fs/dlm/member.c
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /******************************************************************************
 *******************************************************************************
 **
-**  Copyright (C) 2005-2008 Red Hat, Inc.  All rights reserved.
+**  Copyright (C) 2005-2009 Red Hat, Inc.  All rights reserved.
 **
 **  This copyrighted material is made available to anyone wishing to use,
 **  modify, copy, or redistribute it subject to the terms and conditions
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #include "recover.h"
 #include "rcom.h"
 #include "config.h"
+#include "lowcomms.h"
 
 static void add_ordered_member(struct dlm_ls *ls, struct dlm_member *new)
 {
@@ -45,7 +46,7 @@ static void add_ordered_member(struct dlm_ls *ls, struct dlm_member *new)
 static int dlm_add_member(struct dlm_ls *ls, int nodeid)
 {
 	struct dlm_member *memb;
-	int w;
+	int w, error;
 
 	memb = kzalloc(sizeof(struct dlm_member), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!memb)
@@ -57,6 +58,12 @@ static int dlm_add_member(struct dlm_ls *ls, int nodeid)
 		return w;
 	}
 
+	error = dlm_lowcomms_connect_node(nodeid);
+	if (error < 0) {
+		kfree(memb);
+		return error;
+	}
+
 	memb->nodeid = nodeid;
 	memb->weight = w;
 	add_ordered_member(ls, memb);