diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ldlm/ldlm_lock.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ldlm/ldlm_lock.c
index 7f8c70056ffd..040553d6e316 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ldlm/ldlm_lock.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ldlm/ldlm_lock.c
@@ -550,6 +550,13 @@ struct ldlm_lock *__ldlm_handle2lock(const struct lustre_handle *handle,
 	if (lock == NULL)
 		return NULL;
 
+	if (lock->l_export && lock->l_export->exp_failed) {
+		CDEBUG(D_INFO, "lock export failed: lock %p, exp %p\n",
+		       lock, lock->l_export);
+		LDLM_LOCK_PUT(lock);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
 	/* It's unlikely but possible that someone marked the lock as
 	 * destroyed after we did handle2object on it */
 	if (flags == 0 && ((lock->l_flags & LDLM_FL_DESTROYED) == 0)) {
diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ptlrpc/service.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ptlrpc/service.c
index f45898f17793..6d3c25ccb297 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ptlrpc/service.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ptlrpc/service.c
@@ -1240,20 +1240,15 @@ static int ptlrpc_server_hpreq_init(struct ptlrpc_service_part *svcpt,
 		 * it may hit swab race at LU-1044. */
 		if (req->rq_ops->hpreq_check) {
 			rc = req->rq_ops->hpreq_check(req);
-			/**
-			 * XXX: Out of all current
-			 * ptlrpc_hpreq_ops::hpreq_check(), only
-			 * ldlm_cancel_hpreq_check() can return an error code;
-			 * other functions assert in similar places, which seems
-			 * odd. What also does not seem right is that handlers
-			 * for those RPCs do not assert on the same checks, but
-			 * rather handle the error cases. e.g. see
-			 * ost_rw_hpreq_check(), and ost_brw_read(),
-			 * ost_brw_write().
+			if (rc == -ESTALE) {
+				req->rq_status = rc;
+				ptlrpc_error(req);
+			}
+			/** can only return error,
+			 * 0 for normal request,
+			 *  or 1 for high priority request
 			 */
-			if (rc < 0)
-				return rc;
-			LASSERT(rc == 0 || rc == 1);
+			LASSERT(rc <= 1);
 		}
 
 		spin_lock_bh(&req->rq_export->exp_rpc_lock);