rc->rc_type = type;
 
+       spin_lock(&ls->ls_recover_lock);
+       rc->rc_seq = ls->ls_recover_seq;
+       spin_unlock(&ls->ls_recover_lock);
+
        *mh_ret = mh;
        *rc_ret = rc;
        return 0;
        if (error)
                return;
        rc->rc_id = rc_in->rc_id;
+       rc->rc_seq_reply = rc_in->rc_seq;
        rc->rc_result = dlm_recover_status(ls);
        make_config(ls, (struct rcom_config *) rc->rc_buf);
 
 {
        struct dlm_rcom *rc;
        struct dlm_mhandle *mh;
-       int error, inlen, outlen;
-       int nodeid = rc_in->rc_header.h_nodeid;
-       uint32_t status = dlm_recover_status(ls);
-
-       /*
-        * We can't run dlm_dir_rebuild_send (which uses ls_nodes) while
-        * dlm_recoverd is running ls_nodes_reconfig (which changes ls_nodes).
-        * It could only happen in rare cases where we get a late NAMES
-        * message from a previous instance of recovery.
-        */
-
-       if (!(status & DLM_RS_NODES)) {
-               log_debug(ls, "ignoring RCOM_NAMES from %u", nodeid);
-               return;
-       }
+       int error, inlen, outlen, nodeid;
 
        nodeid = rc_in->rc_header.h_nodeid;
        inlen = rc_in->rc_header.h_length - sizeof(struct dlm_rcom);
        if (error)
                return;
        rc->rc_id = rc_in->rc_id;
+       rc->rc_seq_reply = rc_in->rc_seq;
 
        dlm_copy_master_names(ls, rc_in->rc_buf, inlen, rc->rc_buf, outlen,
                              nodeid);
                ret_nodeid = error;
        rc->rc_result = ret_nodeid;
        rc->rc_id = rc_in->rc_id;
+       rc->rc_seq_reply = rc_in->rc_seq;
 
        send_rcom(ls, mh, rc);
 }
 
        memcpy(rc->rc_buf, rc_in->rc_buf, sizeof(struct rcom_lock));
        rc->rc_id = rc_in->rc_id;
+       rc->rc_seq_reply = rc_in->rc_seq;
 
        send_rcom(ls, mh, rc);
 }
 
 static void receive_rcom_lock_reply(struct dlm_ls *ls, struct dlm_rcom *rc_in)
 {
-       uint32_t status = dlm_recover_status(ls);
-
-       if (!(status & DLM_RS_DIR)) {
-               log_debug(ls, "ignoring RCOM_LOCK_REPLY from %u",
-                         rc_in->rc_header.h_nodeid);
-               return;
-       }
-
        dlm_recover_process_copy(ls, rc_in);
 }
 
 
        rc->rc_type = DLM_RCOM_STATUS_REPLY;
        rc->rc_id = rc_in->rc_id;
+       rc->rc_seq_reply = rc_in->rc_seq;
        rc->rc_result = -ESRCH;
 
        rf = (struct rcom_config *) rc->rc_buf;
        return 0;
 }
 
+static int is_old_reply(struct dlm_ls *ls, struct dlm_rcom *rc)
+{
+       uint64_t seq;
+       int rv = 0;
+
+       switch (rc->rc_type) {
+       case DLM_RCOM_STATUS_REPLY:
+       case DLM_RCOM_NAMES_REPLY:
+       case DLM_RCOM_LOOKUP_REPLY:
+       case DLM_RCOM_LOCK_REPLY:
+               spin_lock(&ls->ls_recover_lock);
+               seq = ls->ls_recover_seq;
+               spin_unlock(&ls->ls_recover_lock);
+               if (rc->rc_seq_reply != seq) {
+                       log_error(ls, "ignoring old reply %x from %d "
+                                     "seq_reply %llx expect %llx",
+                                     rc->rc_type, rc->rc_header.h_nodeid,
+                                     (unsigned long long)rc->rc_seq_reply,
+                                     (unsigned long long)seq);
+                       rv = 1;
+               }
+       }
+       return rv;
+}
+
 /* Called by dlm_recvd; corresponds to dlm_receive_message() but special
    recovery-only comms are sent through here. */
 
                goto out;
        }
 
+       if (is_old_reply(ls, rc))
+               goto out;
+
        if (nodeid != rc->rc_header.h_nodeid) {
                log_error(ls, "bad rcom nodeid %d from %d",
                          rc->rc_header.h_nodeid, nodeid);
 
        rc->rc_type             = cpu_to_le32(rc->rc_type);
        rc->rc_result           = cpu_to_le32(rc->rc_result);
        rc->rc_id               = cpu_to_le64(rc->rc_id);
+       rc->rc_seq              = cpu_to_le64(rc->rc_seq);
+       rc->rc_seq_reply        = cpu_to_le64(rc->rc_seq_reply);
 
        if (type == DLM_RCOM_LOCK)
                rcom_lock_out((struct rcom_lock *) rc->rc_buf);
        rc->rc_type             = le32_to_cpu(rc->rc_type);
        rc->rc_result           = le32_to_cpu(rc->rc_result);
        rc->rc_id               = le64_to_cpu(rc->rc_id);
+       rc->rc_seq              = le64_to_cpu(rc->rc_seq);
+       rc->rc_seq_reply        = le64_to_cpu(rc->rc_seq_reply);
 
        if (rc->rc_type == DLM_RCOM_LOCK)
                rcom_lock_in((struct rcom_lock *) rc->rc_buf);