diff --git a/src/viced/afsfileprocs.c b/src/viced/afsfileprocs.c
index 2fef7eba5d..0d6c75ec5f 100644
--- a/src/viced/afsfileprocs.c
+++ b/src/viced/afsfileprocs.c
@@ -1760,7 +1760,9 @@ HandleLocking(Vnode * targetptr, struct client *client, afs_int32 rights, ViceLo
 		0;
 	Time += AFS_LOCKWAIT;
 	if (LockingType == LockRead) {
-	    if ( !(rights & PRSFS_LOCK) )
+	    if ( !(rights & PRSFS_LOCK) &&
+                 !(rights & PRSFS_WRITE) &&
+                 !(OWNSp(client, targetptr) && (rights & PRSFS_INSERT)) )
 		return(EACCES);
  
 	    if (targetptr->disk.lock.lockCount >= 0) {