diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.c b/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.c
index 33fbdc823278..359524b7341f 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.c
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 #include <linux/debugfs.h>
 #include <linux/seq_file.h>
 #include <linux/time.h>
+#include <linux/delay.h>
 #include <linux/quotaops.h>
 #include <linux/sched/signal.h>
 
@@ -3912,6 +3913,17 @@ static int ocfs2_unblock_lock(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&lockres->l_lock, flags);
 	ret = ocfs2_downconvert_lock(osb, lockres, new_level, set_lvb,
 				     gen);
+	/* The dlm lock convert is being cancelled in background,
+	 * ocfs2_cancel_convert() is asynchronous in fs/dlm,
+	 * requeue it, try again later.
+	 */
+	if (ret == -EBUSY) {
+		ctl->requeue = 1;
+		mlog(ML_BASTS, "lockres %s, ReQ: Downconvert busy\n",
+		     lockres->l_name);
+		ret = 0;
+		msleep(20);
+	}
 
 leave:
 	if (ret)