diff --git a/src/tm_mad/fs_lvm/delete b/src/tm_mad/fs_lvm/delete
index dcd025663f..f1476c1617 100755
--- a/src/tm_mad/fs_lvm/delete
+++ b/src/tm_mad/fs_lvm/delete
@@ -68,6 +68,8 @@ DEV=$($SSH "$DST_HOST" "readlink $DST_PATH 2> /dev/null | grep \"^/dev/\"")
 
 if [ -n "$DEV" ]; then
 
+    LOCK="tm-fs_lvm-${DS_SYS_ID}.lock"
+
     if [ "${ZERO_LVM_ON_DELETE}" = "yes" ]; then
         # Activate device
         ACTIVATE_CMD=$(cat <<EOF
@@ -77,7 +79,7 @@ if [ -n "$DEV" ]; then
             ${SUDO} ${LVCHANGE} -ay "${DEV}"
 EOF
 )
-        LOCK="tm-fs_lvm-${DS_SYS_ID}.lock"
+
         exclusive "${LOCK}" 120 ssh_exec_and_log "$DST_HOST_LVM" "$ACTIVATE_CMD" \
             "Error activating disk $SRC_PATH"