diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/cluster/tcp.c b/fs/ocfs2/cluster/tcp.c
index 0d2bf56..aa88bd8 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/cluster/tcp.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/cluster/tcp.c
@@ -304,28 +304,22 @@
 
 static int o2net_prep_nsw(struct o2net_node *nn, struct o2net_status_wait *nsw)
 {
-	int ret = 0;
+	int ret;
 
-	do {
-		if (!idr_pre_get(&nn->nn_status_idr, GFP_ATOMIC)) {
-			ret = -EAGAIN;
-			break;
-		}
-		spin_lock(&nn->nn_lock);
-		ret = idr_get_new(&nn->nn_status_idr, nsw, &nsw->ns_id);
-		if (ret == 0)
-			list_add_tail(&nsw->ns_node_item,
-				      &nn->nn_status_list);
-		spin_unlock(&nn->nn_lock);
-	} while (ret == -EAGAIN);
-
-	if (ret == 0)  {
-		init_waitqueue_head(&nsw->ns_wq);
-		nsw->ns_sys_status = O2NET_ERR_NONE;
-		nsw->ns_status = 0;
+	spin_lock(&nn->nn_lock);
+	ret = idr_alloc(&nn->nn_status_idr, nsw, 0, 0, GFP_ATOMIC);
+	if (ret >= 0) {
+		nsw->ns_id = ret;
+		list_add_tail(&nsw->ns_node_item, &nn->nn_status_list);
 	}
+	spin_unlock(&nn->nn_lock);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return ret;
 
-	return ret;
+	init_waitqueue_head(&nsw->ns_wq);
+	nsw->ns_sys_status = O2NET_ERR_NONE;
+	nsw->ns_status = 0;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static void o2net_complete_nsw_locked(struct o2net_node *nn,