diff --git a/src/tm_mad/fs_lvm/clone b/src/tm_mad/fs_lvm/clone
index 2f5ebe7719..025ea0c367 100755
--- a/src/tm_mad/fs_lvm/clone
+++ b/src/tm_mad/fs_lvm/clone
@@ -90,11 +90,24 @@ LV_NAME="lv-one-$VM_ID-$DISK_ID"
 VG_NAME="vg-one-$DS_SYS_ID"
 DEV="/dev/${VG_NAME}/${LV_NAME}"
 
-CLONE_CMD=$(cat <<EOF
-    set -e -o pipefail
-    mkdir -p $DST_DIR
+# Execute lvcreate with a lock in the frontend
+mkdir -p $DST_DS_PATH
+
+CREATE_CMD=$(cat <<EOF
+    $SUDO $SYNC
+    $SUDO $LVSCAN
 
     $SUDO $LVCREATE --wipesignatures n -L${SIZE}M -n $LV_NAME $VG_NAME
+EOF
+)
+
+LOCK_FILE="$DST_DS_PATH/lock"
+flock -w 120 $LOCK_FILE ssh_exec_and_log "$DST_HOST" "$CREATE_CMD" \
+        "Error creating LV named $LV_NAME"
+
+CLONE_CMD=$(cat <<EOF
+    set -e -o pipefail
+
     $QEMU_IMG convert -O raw "$SRC_PATH" "$DEV"
     rm -f "$DST_PATH"
     ln -s "$DEV" "$DST_PATH"
diff --git a/src/tm_mad/fs_lvm/delete b/src/tm_mad/fs_lvm/delete
index 736e20e0ac..bc921e6747 100755
--- a/src/tm_mad/fs_lvm/delete
+++ b/src/tm_mad/fs_lvm/delete
@@ -60,5 +60,7 @@ DELETE_CMD=$(cat <<EOF
 EOF
 )
 
-ssh_exec_and_log "$DST_HOST" "$DELETE_CMD" "Error deleting $DST_PATH"
+LOCK_FILE="$DST_DS_PATH/lock"
+flock -w 120 $LOCK_FILE ssh_exec_and_log "$DST_HOST" "$DELETE_CMD" \
+        "Error deleting $DST_PATH"
 
diff --git a/src/tm_mad/fs_lvm/mvds b/src/tm_mad/fs_lvm/mvds
index be6b4723dd..f6f75f8ce5 100755
--- a/src/tm_mad/fs_lvm/mvds
+++ b/src/tm_mad/fs_lvm/mvds
@@ -54,6 +54,10 @@ DEV="/dev/${VG_NAME}/${LV_NAME}"
 
 DUMP_CMD=$(cat <<EOF
     $DD if=$DEV of=$DST_PATH bs=64k
+EOF
+)
+
+DELETE_CMD=$(cat <<EOF
     $SUDO $LVREMOVE -f $DEV
 EOF
 )
@@ -66,4 +70,8 @@ log "Dumping $SRC to $DST"
 ssh_exec_and_log "$SRC_HOST" "$DUMP_CMD" \
     "Error dumping $SRC to $DST"
 
+LOCK_FILE="$DST_DS_PATH/lock"
+flock -w 120 $LOCK_FILE ssh_exec_and_log "$SRC_HOST" "$REMOVE_CMD" \
+    "Error deleting LV $LV_NAME"
+
 exit 0