diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmcommon.h b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmcommon.h
index 1aac42a..d602abb 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmcommon.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmcommon.h
@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@
 	wait_queue_head_t dlm_join_events;
 	unsigned long live_nodes_map[BITS_TO_LONGS(O2NM_MAX_NODES)];
 	unsigned long domain_map[BITS_TO_LONGS(O2NM_MAX_NODES)];
+	unsigned long exit_domain_map[BITS_TO_LONGS(O2NM_MAX_NODES)];
 	unsigned long recovery_map[BITS_TO_LONGS(O2NM_MAX_NODES)];
 	struct dlm_recovery_ctxt reco;
 	spinlock_t master_lock;
@@ -460,6 +461,7 @@
 	DLM_FINALIZE_RECO_MSG		= 518,
 	DLM_QUERY_REGION		= 519,
 	DLM_QUERY_NODEINFO		= 520,
+	DLM_BEGIN_EXIT_DOMAIN_MSG	= 521,
 };
 
 struct dlm_reco_node_data
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmdebug.c b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmdebug.c
index 04a32be..56f82cb 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmdebug.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmdebug.c
@@ -756,6 +756,12 @@
 				 buf + out, len - out);
 	out += snprintf(buf + out, len - out, "\n");
 
+	/* Exit Domain Map: xx xx xx */
+	out += snprintf(buf + out, len - out, "Exit Domain Map: ");
+	out += stringify_nodemap(dlm->exit_domain_map, O2NM_MAX_NODES,
+				 buf + out, len - out);
+	out += snprintf(buf + out, len - out, "\n");
+
 	/* Live Map: xx xx xx */
 	out += snprintf(buf + out, len - out, "Live Map: ");
 	out += stringify_nodemap(dlm->live_nodes_map, O2NM_MAX_NODES,
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmdomain.c b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmdomain.c
index 3b179d6..3aff23f 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmdomain.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmdomain.c
@@ -132,10 +132,12 @@
  * New in version 1.1:
  *	- Message DLM_QUERY_REGION added to support global heartbeat
  *	- Message DLM_QUERY_NODEINFO added to allow online node removes
+ * New in version 1.2:
+ * 	- Message DLM_BEGIN_EXIT_DOMAIN_MSG added to mark start of exit domain
  */
 static const struct dlm_protocol_version dlm_protocol = {
 	.pv_major = 1,
-	.pv_minor = 1,
+	.pv_minor = 2,
 };
 
 #define DLM_DOMAIN_BACKOFF_MS 200
@@ -486,6 +488,28 @@
 	return ret;
 }
 
+static int dlm_begin_exit_domain_handler(struct o2net_msg *msg, u32 len,
+					 void *data, void **ret_data)
+{
+	struct dlm_ctxt *dlm = data;
+	unsigned int node;
+	struct dlm_exit_domain *exit_msg = (struct dlm_exit_domain *) msg->buf;
+
+	if (!dlm_grab(dlm))
+		return 0;
+
+	node = exit_msg->node_idx;
+	mlog(0, "%s: Node %u sent a begin exit domain message\n", dlm->name, node);
+
+	spin_lock(&dlm->spinlock);
+	set_bit(node, dlm->exit_domain_map);
+	spin_unlock(&dlm->spinlock);
+
+	dlm_put(dlm);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static void dlm_mark_domain_leaving(struct dlm_ctxt *dlm)
 {
 	/* Yikes, a double spinlock! I need domain_lock for the dlm
@@ -542,6 +566,7 @@
 
 	spin_lock(&dlm->spinlock);
 	clear_bit(node, dlm->domain_map);
+	clear_bit(node, dlm->exit_domain_map);
 	__dlm_print_nodes(dlm);
 
 	/* notify anything attached to the heartbeat events */
@@ -554,29 +579,56 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int dlm_send_one_domain_exit(struct dlm_ctxt *dlm,
+static int dlm_send_one_domain_exit(struct dlm_ctxt *dlm, u32 msg_type,
 				    unsigned int node)
 {
 	int status;
 	struct dlm_exit_domain leave_msg;
 
-	mlog(0, "Asking node %u if we can leave the domain %s me = %u\n",
-		  node, dlm->name, dlm->node_num);
+	mlog(0, "%s: Sending domain exit message %u to node %u\n", dlm->name,
+	     msg_type, node);
 
 	memset(&leave_msg, 0, sizeof(leave_msg));
 	leave_msg.node_idx = dlm->node_num;
 
-	status = o2net_send_message(DLM_EXIT_DOMAIN_MSG, dlm->key,
-				    &leave_msg, sizeof(leave_msg), node,
-				    NULL);
+	status = o2net_send_message(msg_type, dlm->key, &leave_msg,
+				    sizeof(leave_msg), node, NULL);
 	if (status < 0)
-		mlog(ML_ERROR, "Error %d when sending message %u (key 0x%x) to "
-		     "node %u\n", status, DLM_EXIT_DOMAIN_MSG, dlm->key, node);
-	mlog(0, "status return %d from o2net_send_message\n", status);
+		mlog(ML_ERROR, "Error %d sending domain exit message %u "
+		     "to node %u on domain %s\n", status, msg_type, node,
+		     dlm->name);
 
 	return status;
 }
 
+static void dlm_begin_exit_domain(struct dlm_ctxt *dlm)
+{
+	int node = -1;
+
+	/* Support for begin exit domain was added in 1.2 */
+	if (dlm->dlm_locking_proto.pv_major == 1 &&
+	    dlm->dlm_locking_proto.pv_minor < 2)
+		return;
+
+	/*
+	 * Unlike DLM_EXIT_DOMAIN_MSG, DLM_BEGIN_EXIT_DOMAIN_MSG is purely
+	 * informational. Meaning if a node does not receive the message,
+	 * so be it.
+	 */
+	spin_lock(&dlm->spinlock);
+	while (1) {
+		node = find_next_bit(dlm->domain_map, O2NM_MAX_NODES, node + 1);
+		if (node >= O2NM_MAX_NODES)
+			break;
+		if (node == dlm->node_num)
+			continue;
+
+		spin_unlock(&dlm->spinlock);
+		dlm_send_one_domain_exit(dlm, DLM_BEGIN_EXIT_DOMAIN_MSG, node);
+		spin_lock(&dlm->spinlock);
+	}
+	spin_unlock(&dlm->spinlock);
+}
 
 static void dlm_leave_domain(struct dlm_ctxt *dlm)
 {
@@ -602,7 +654,8 @@
 
 		clear_node = 1;
 
-		status = dlm_send_one_domain_exit(dlm, node);
+		status = dlm_send_one_domain_exit(dlm, DLM_EXIT_DOMAIN_MSG,
+						  node);
 		if (status < 0 &&
 		    status != -ENOPROTOOPT &&
 		    status != -ENOTCONN) {
@@ -677,6 +730,7 @@
 
 	if (leave) {
 		mlog(0, "shutting down domain %s\n", dlm->name);
+		dlm_begin_exit_domain(dlm);
 
 		/* We changed dlm state, notify the thread */
 		dlm_kick_thread(dlm, NULL);
@@ -909,6 +963,7 @@
 		 * leftover join state. */
 		BUG_ON(dlm->joining_node != assert->node_idx);
 		set_bit(assert->node_idx, dlm->domain_map);
+		clear_bit(assert->node_idx, dlm->exit_domain_map);
 		__dlm_set_joining_node(dlm, DLM_LOCK_RES_OWNER_UNKNOWN);
 
 		printk(KERN_NOTICE "o2dlm: Node %u joins domain %s\n",
@@ -1793,6 +1848,13 @@
 	if (status)
 		goto bail;
 
+	status = o2net_register_handler(DLM_BEGIN_EXIT_DOMAIN_MSG, dlm->key,
+					sizeof(struct dlm_exit_domain),
+					dlm_begin_exit_domain_handler,
+					dlm, NULL, &dlm->dlm_domain_handlers);
+	if (status)
+		goto bail;
+
 bail:
 	if (status)
 		dlm_unregister_domain_handlers(dlm);
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmrecovery.c b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmrecovery.c
index f1beb6f..7efab6d 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmrecovery.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmrecovery.c
@@ -2393,6 +2393,7 @@
 
 	mlog(0, "node %u being removed from domain map!\n", idx);
 	clear_bit(idx, dlm->domain_map);
+	clear_bit(idx, dlm->exit_domain_map);
 	/* wake up migration waiters if a node goes down.
 	 * perhaps later we can genericize this for other waiters. */
 	wake_up(&dlm->migration_wq);