ret = -ENOENT;
        spin_unlock(&o2hb_live_lock);
 
-       if (!ret)
-               ret = o2nm_depend_item(®->hr_item);
+       if (ret)
+               goto out;
+
+       ret = o2nm_depend_this_node();
+       if (ret)
+               goto out;
 
+       ret = o2nm_depend_item(®->hr_item);
+       if (ret)
+               o2nm_undepend_this_node();
+
+out:
        return ret;
 }
 
 
        spin_unlock(&o2hb_live_lock);
 
-       if (reg)
+       if (reg) {
                o2nm_undepend_item(®->hr_item);
+               o2nm_undepend_this_node();
+       }
 }
 
 int o2hb_register_callback(const char *region_uuid,
 
        configfs_undepend_item(&o2nm_cluster_group.cs_subsys, item);
 }
 
+int o2nm_depend_this_node(void)
+{
+       int ret = 0;
+       struct o2nm_node *local_node;
+
+       local_node = o2nm_get_node_by_num(o2nm_this_node());
+       if (!local_node) {
+               ret = -EINVAL;
+               goto out;
+       }
+
+       ret = o2nm_depend_item(&local_node->nd_item);
+       o2nm_node_put(local_node);
+
+out:
+       return ret;
+}
+
+void o2nm_undepend_this_node(void)
+{
+       struct o2nm_node *local_node;
+
+       local_node = o2nm_get_node_by_num(o2nm_this_node());
+       BUG_ON(!local_node);
+
+       o2nm_undepend_item(&local_node->nd_item);
+       o2nm_node_put(local_node);
+}
+
+
 static void __exit exit_o2nm(void)
 {
        if (ocfs2_table_header)
 
 
 int o2nm_depend_item(struct config_item *item);
 void o2nm_undepend_item(struct config_item *item);
+int o2nm_depend_this_node(void);
+void o2nm_undepend_this_node(void);
 
 #endif /* O2CLUSTER_NODEMANAGER_H */