diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmrecovery.c b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmrecovery.c
index fe29f7978f81..5de019437ea5 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmrecovery.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmrecovery.c
@@ -1986,7 +1986,15 @@ skip_lvb:
 		}
 		if (!bad) {
 			dlm_lock_get(newlock);
-			list_add_tail(&newlock->list, queue);
+			if (mres->flags & DLM_MRES_RECOVERY &&
+					ml->list == DLM_CONVERTING_LIST &&
+					newlock->ml.type >
+					newlock->ml.convert_type) {
+				/* newlock is doing downconvert, add it to the
+				 * head of converting list */
+				list_add(&newlock->list, queue);
+			} else
+				list_add_tail(&newlock->list, queue);
 			mlog(0, "%s:%.*s: added lock for node %u, "
 			     "setting refmap bit\n", dlm->name,
 			     res->lockname.len, res->lockname.name, ml->node);