diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/obd_mount.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/obd_mount.c
index d3e28a389ac1..9474aa902bd0 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/obd_mount.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/obd_mount.c
@@ -307,7 +307,8 @@ int lustre_start_mgc(struct super_block *sb)
 	while (class_parse_nid(ptr, &nid, &ptr) == 0) {
 		rc = do_lcfg(mgcname, nid,
 			     LCFG_ADD_UUID, niduuid, NULL, NULL, NULL);
-		i++;
+		if (!rc)
+			i++;
 		/* Stop at the first failover nid */
 		if (*ptr == ':')
 			break;
@@ -345,16 +346,18 @@ int lustre_start_mgc(struct super_block *sb)
 		sprintf(niduuid, "%s_%x", mgcname, i);
 		j = 0;
 		while (class_parse_nid_quiet(ptr, &nid, &ptr) == 0) {
-			j++;
-			rc = do_lcfg(mgcname, nid,
-				     LCFG_ADD_UUID, niduuid, NULL, NULL, NULL);
+			rc = do_lcfg(mgcname, nid, LCFG_ADD_UUID, niduuid,
+				     NULL, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!rc)
+				++j;
 			if (*ptr == ':')
 				break;
 		}
 		if (j > 0) {
 			rc = do_lcfg(mgcname, 0, LCFG_ADD_CONN,
 				     niduuid, NULL, NULL, NULL);
-			i++;
+			if (!rc)
+				i++;
 		} else {
 			/* at ":/fsname" */
 			break;