diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/cluster/heartbeat.c b/fs/ocfs2/cluster/heartbeat.c
index 31a5c0803e0a..6aaf3e351391 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/cluster/heartbeat.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/cluster/heartbeat.c
@@ -356,7 +356,6 @@ static void o2hb_arm_timeout(struct o2hb_region *reg)
 		spin_unlock(&o2hb_live_lock);
 	}
 	cancel_delayed_work(&reg->hr_write_timeout_work);
-	reg->hr_last_timeout_start = jiffies;
 	schedule_delayed_work(&reg->hr_write_timeout_work,
 			      msecs_to_jiffies(O2HB_MAX_WRITE_TIMEOUT_MS));
 
@@ -1174,6 +1173,7 @@ static int o2hb_do_disk_heartbeat(struct o2hb_region *reg)
 	if (own_slot_ok) {
 		o2hb_set_quorum_device(reg);
 		o2hb_arm_timeout(reg);
+		reg->hr_last_timeout_start = jiffies;
 	}
 
 bail: