diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/ocfs2.h b/fs/ocfs2/ocfs2.h
index 664e4fe3eab593f13106b7d9f3323145b7fd8983..7006abaffd471f67c0ad8bae151d0a7416f5bd92 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/ocfs2.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/ocfs2.h
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ struct ocfs2_super
 	unsigned int s_atime_quantum;
 
 	unsigned int max_slots;
-	s16 node_num;
+	unsigned int node_num;
 	int slot_num;
 	int preferred_slot;
 	int s_sectsize_bits;
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/slot_map.c b/fs/ocfs2/slot_map.c
index 63fb1b26d964b2051c7a5bb44046a3831884887a..bb5ff8939bf1ef28a76dfbda74715ea05a4828f7 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/slot_map.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/slot_map.c
@@ -73,8 +73,6 @@ static void ocfs2_set_slot(struct ocfs2_slot_info *si,
 			   int slot_num, unsigned int node_num)
 {
 	BUG_ON((slot_num < 0) || (slot_num >= si->si_num_slots));
-	BUG_ON((node_num == O2NM_INVALID_NODE_NUM) ||
-	       (node_num >= O2NM_MAX_NODES));
 
 	si->si_slots[slot_num].sl_valid = 1;
 	si->si_slots[slot_num].sl_node_num = node_num;
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/stackglue.c b/fs/ocfs2/stackglue.c
index f6f309a083443d90ca924991a9e65649de44eebf..814686356cc6cee37e909d85b66a71ad0ed2cc3d 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/stackglue.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/stackglue.c
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
 #include <linux/fs.h>
 
 #include "cluster/masklog.h"
+#include "cluster/nodemanager.h"
+
 #include "stackglue.h"
 
 static struct ocfs2_locking_protocol *lproto;
@@ -371,6 +373,21 @@ int ocfs2_cluster_disconnect(struct ocfs2_cluster_connection *conn)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+int ocfs2_cluster_this_node(unsigned int *node)
+{
+	int node_num;
+
+	node_num = o2nm_this_node();
+	if (node_num == O2NM_INVALID_NODE_NUM)
+		return -ENOENT;
+
+	if (node_num >= O2NM_MAX_NODES)
+		return -EOVERFLOW;
+
+	*node = node_num;
+	return 0;
+}
+
 void o2cb_get_stack(struct ocfs2_locking_protocol *proto)
 {
 	BUG_ON(proto == NULL);
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/stackglue.h b/fs/ocfs2/stackglue.h
index 3900b5c3933c8c30b544fc5feb2eafa2691356fa..ccb03991b5142681627bd1026b39fc54412da2fa 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/stackglue.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/stackglue.h
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ int ocfs2_cluster_connect(const char *group,
 			  void *recovery_data,
 			  struct ocfs2_cluster_connection **conn);
 int ocfs2_cluster_disconnect(struct ocfs2_cluster_connection *conn);
+int ocfs2_cluster_this_node(unsigned int *node);
 
 int ocfs2_dlm_lock(struct ocfs2_cluster_connection *conn,
 		   int mode,
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/super.c b/fs/ocfs2/super.c
index 0ee49757467d356e8462108d172c553d2c63ba75..d3c4d323fab53113e964e1c6e06e52d4be99e529 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/super.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/super.c
@@ -694,7 +694,7 @@ static int ocfs2_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 	if (ocfs2_mount_local(osb))
 		snprintf(nodestr, sizeof(nodestr), "local");
 	else
-		snprintf(nodestr, sizeof(nodestr), "%d", osb->node_num);
+		snprintf(nodestr, sizeof(nodestr), "%u", osb->node_num);
 
 	printk(KERN_INFO "ocfs2: Mounting device (%s) on (node %s, slot %d) "
 	       "with %s data mode.\n",
@@ -1145,16 +1145,17 @@ static int ocfs2_fill_local_node_info(struct ocfs2_super *osb)
 	 * desirable. */
 	if (ocfs2_mount_local(osb))
 		osb->node_num = 0;
-	else
-		osb->node_num = o2nm_this_node();
-
-	if (osb->node_num == O2NM_MAX_NODES) {
-		mlog(ML_ERROR, "could not find this host's node number\n");
-		status = -ENOENT;
-		goto bail;
+	else {
+		status = ocfs2_cluster_this_node(&osb->node_num);
+		if (status < 0) {
+			mlog_errno(status);
+			mlog(ML_ERROR,
+			     "could not find this host's node number\n");
+			goto bail;
+		}
 	}
 
-	mlog(0, "I am node %d\n", osb->node_num);
+	mlog(0, "I am node %u\n", osb->node_num);
 
 	status = 0;
 bail:
@@ -1282,7 +1283,7 @@ static void ocfs2_dismount_volume(struct super_block *sb, int mnt_err)
 	if (ocfs2_mount_local(osb))
 		snprintf(nodestr, sizeof(nodestr), "local");
 	else
-		snprintf(nodestr, sizeof(nodestr), "%d", osb->node_num);
+		snprintf(nodestr, sizeof(nodestr), "%u", osb->node_num);
 
 	printk(KERN_INFO "ocfs2: Unmounting device (%s) on (node %s)\n",
 	       osb->dev_str, nodestr);
@@ -1384,7 +1385,6 @@ static int ocfs2_initialize_super(struct super_block *sb,
 
 	osb->s_atime_quantum = OCFS2_DEFAULT_ATIME_QUANTUM;
 
-	osb->node_num = O2NM_INVALID_NODE_NUM;
 	osb->slot_num = OCFS2_INVALID_SLOT;
 
 	osb->local_alloc_state = OCFS2_LA_UNUSED;