diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmcommon.h b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmcommon.h
index aa55271a7ac..67b3447a292 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmcommon.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmcommon.h
@@ -52,7 +52,8 @@
 enum dlm_mle_type {
 	DLM_MLE_BLOCK,
 	DLM_MLE_MASTER,
-	DLM_MLE_MIGRATION
+	DLM_MLE_MIGRATION,
+	DLM_MLE_NUM_TYPES
 };
 
 struct dlm_lock_name {
@@ -156,6 +157,8 @@ struct dlm_ctxt
 	struct list_head mle_hb_events;
 
 	/* these give a really vague idea of the system load */
+	atomic_t mle_tot_count[DLM_MLE_NUM_TYPES];
+	atomic_t mle_cur_count[DLM_MLE_NUM_TYPES];
 	atomic_t local_resources;
 	atomic_t remote_resources;
 	atomic_t unknown_resources;
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmdomain.c b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmdomain.c
index 869648c6104..0479bdf91c2 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmdomain.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmdomain.c
@@ -1608,6 +1608,11 @@ static struct dlm_ctxt *dlm_alloc_ctxt(const char *domain,
 	atomic_set(&dlm->remote_resources, 0);
 	atomic_set(&dlm->unknown_resources, 0);
 
+	for (i = 0; i < DLM_MLE_NUM_TYPES; ++i) {
+		atomic_set(&dlm->mle_tot_count[i], 0);
+		atomic_set(&dlm->mle_cur_count[i], 0);
+	}
+
 	spin_lock_init(&dlm->work_lock);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&dlm->work_list);
 	INIT_WORK(&dlm->dispatched_work, dlm_dispatch_work);
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmmaster.c b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmmaster.c
index 604552ebb46..acfc9288d5c 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmmaster.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmmaster.c
@@ -325,6 +325,9 @@ static void dlm_init_mle(struct dlm_master_list_entry *mle,
 		mle->u.mlename.hash = dlm_lockid_hash(name, namelen);
 	}
 
+	atomic_inc(&dlm->mle_tot_count[mle->type]);
+	atomic_inc(&dlm->mle_cur_count[mle->type]);
+
 	/* copy off the node_map and register hb callbacks on our copy */
 	memcpy(mle->node_map, dlm->domain_map, sizeof(mle->node_map));
 	memcpy(mle->vote_map, dlm->domain_map, sizeof(mle->vote_map));
@@ -467,6 +470,8 @@ static void dlm_mle_release(struct kref *kref)
 	/* detach the mle from the domain node up/down events */
 	__dlm_mle_detach_hb_events(dlm, mle);
 
+	atomic_dec(&dlm->mle_cur_count[mle->type]);
+
 	/* NOTE: kfree under spinlock here.
 	 * if this is bad, we can move this to a freelist. */
 	kmem_cache_free(dlm_mle_cache, mle);