diff --git a/fs/dlm/lock.c b/fs/dlm/lock.c
index d5e8ea1b4f75..c3b9fca17044 100644
--- a/fs/dlm/lock.c
+++ b/fs/dlm/lock.c
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /******************************************************************************
 *******************************************************************************
 **
-**  Copyright (C) 2005-2007 Red Hat, Inc.  All rights reserved.
+**  Copyright (C) 2005-2008 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
@@ -3643,6 +3643,13 @@ static void receive_lookup_reply(struct dlm_ls *ls, struct dlm_message *ms)
 
 static void _receive_message(struct dlm_ls *ls, struct dlm_message *ms)
 {
+	if (!dlm_is_member(ls, ms->m_header.h_nodeid)) {
+		log_debug(ls, "ignore non-member message %d from %d %x %x %d",
+			  ms->m_type, ms->m_header.h_nodeid, ms->m_lkid,
+			  ms->m_remid, ms->m_result);
+		return;
+	}
+
 	switch (ms->m_type) {
 
 	/* messages sent to a master node */
diff --git a/fs/dlm/member.c b/fs/dlm/member.c
index e9cdcab306e2..fa17f5a27883 100644
--- a/fs/dlm/member.c
+++ b/fs/dlm/member.c
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /******************************************************************************
 *******************************************************************************
 **
-**  Copyright (C) 2005-2007 Red Hat, Inc.  All rights reserved.
+**  Copyright (C) 2005-2008 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
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ static void dlm_remove_member(struct dlm_ls *ls, struct dlm_member *memb)
 	ls->ls_num_nodes--;
 }
 
-static int dlm_is_member(struct dlm_ls *ls, int nodeid)
+int dlm_is_member(struct dlm_ls *ls, int nodeid)
 {
 	struct dlm_member *memb;
 
diff --git a/fs/dlm/member.h b/fs/dlm/member.h
index 927c08c19214..7a26fca1e0b5 100644
--- a/fs/dlm/member.h
+++ b/fs/dlm/member.h
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /******************************************************************************
 *******************************************************************************
 **
-**  Copyright (C) 2005 Red Hat, Inc.  All rights reserved.
+**  Copyright (C) 2005-2008 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_clear_members(struct dlm_ls *ls);
 void dlm_clear_members_gone(struct dlm_ls *ls);
 int dlm_recover_members(struct dlm_ls *ls, struct dlm_recover *rv,int *neg_out);
 int dlm_is_removed(struct dlm_ls *ls, int nodeid);
+int dlm_is_member(struct dlm_ls *ls, int nodeid);
 
 #endif                          /* __MEMBER_DOT_H__ */