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-rw-r--r--lib/portage/locks.py2
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/portage/locks.py b/lib/portage/locks.py
index 510925da0..a23d5cb56 100644
--- a/lib/portage/locks.py
+++ b/lib/portage/locks.py
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ def lockfile(mypath, wantnewlockfile=0, unlinkfile=0,
if isinstance(lockfilename, basestring) and \
- myfd != HARDLINK_FD and _lockfile_was_removed(myfd, lockfilename):
+ myfd != HARDLINK_FD and unlinkfile and _lockfile_was_removed(myfd, lockfilename):
# The file was deleted on us... Keep trying to make one...
os.close(myfd)
writemsg(_("lockfile recurse\n"), 1)