diff --git a/lustre/tests/replay-single.sh b/lustre/tests/replay-single.sh
index 1124d693201ee9e88082acb2d0c16fc3eebde2b6..9b8be16682e7bd9233767b356a4500f2f64b264a 100755
--- a/lustre/tests/replay-single.sh
+++ b/lustre/tests/replay-single.sh
@@ -1061,9 +1061,10 @@ test_48() {
 run_test 48 "MDS->OSC failure during precreate cleanup (2824)"
 
 test_50() {
-    local oscdev=`grep ${ost1_svc}-osc-MDT0000 $LPROC/devices | awk '{print $1}'`
+    local oscdev=`do_facet $SINGLEMDS grep ${ost1_svc}-osc-MDT0000 $LPROC/devices | awk '{print $1}'`
     [ "$oscdev" ] || return 1
-    $LCTL --device $oscdev recover &&  $LCTL --device $oscdev recover
+    do_facet $SINGLEMDS $LCTL --device $oscdev recover || return 2
+    do_facet $SINGLEMDS $LCTL --device $oscdev recover || return 3
     # give the mds_lov_sync threads a chance to run
     sleep 5
 }