diff --git a/patches/systemvm/debian/config/root/func.sh b/patches/systemvm/debian/config/root/func.sh
index 9c7c494aa5a..17963458e36 100644
--- a/patches/systemvm/debian/config/root/func.sh
+++ b/patches/systemvm/debian/config/root/func.sh
@@ -21,10 +21,26 @@
 # getLockFile() parameters
 # $1 lock filename
 # $2 timeout seconds
+
+#set -x
+
+getCurrLock() {
+    result=`ls $__LOCKDIR/*-$1.lock 2>/dev/null | head -n1`
+    while [ $? -ne 0 ]
+    do
+        result=`ls $__LOCKDIR/*-$1.lock 2>/dev/null| head -n1`
+    done
+    echo $result
+}
+
 getLockFile() {
+    lock=$1
+
     __locked=0
     __TS=`date +%s%N`
-    __LOCKFILE="/tmp/$__TS-$$-$1.lock"
+    __LOCKDIR="/tmp"
+    __LOCKFILE="$__LOCKDIR/$__TS-$$-$lock.lock"
+
     if [ $2 ]
     then
         __TIMEOUT=$2
@@ -34,7 +50,7 @@ getLockFile() {
 
     if [ -e $__LOCKFILE ]
     then
-        logger -t cloud "Process $0 pid $$ want to get ECLUSIVE LOCK $1 RECURSIVELY!"
+        logger -t cloud "Process $0 pid $$ want to get ECLUSIVE LOCK $lock RECURSIVELY!"
         psline=`ps u $$`
         logger -t cloud "Failed job detail: $psline"
         echo 0
@@ -47,26 +63,32 @@ getLockFile() {
     then
         return
     fi
-    
+
     for i in `seq 1 $(($__TIMEOUT * 10))`
     do
-        currlock=`ls /tmp/*-$1.lock | head -n1`
+        currlock=$(getCurrLock $lock)
         if [ $currlock -ef $__LOCKFILE ]
         then
             __locked=1
             break
         fi
+
         sleep 0.1
         if [ $((i % 10)) -eq 0 ]
         then
-            logger -t cloud "Process $0 pid $$ waiting for the lock $1 for another 1 second"
+            logger -t cloud "Process $0 pid $$ waiting for the lock $lock for another 1 second"
         fi
     done
     if [ $__locked -ne 1 ]
     then
-	logger -t cloud "fail to acquire the lock $1 for process $0 pid $$ after $__TIMEOUT seconds time out!"
-        cmd=`cat $currlock`
-	logger -t cloud "waiting for command: $cmd"
+        logger -t cloud "fail to acquire the lock $lock for process $0 pid $$ after $__TIMEOUT seconds time out!"
+        cmd=`cat $currlock 2>/dev/null`
+        if [ $? -eq 0 ]
+        then
+            logger -t cloud "waiting for process: $cmd"
+        else
+            logger -t cloud "didn't get info about process who we're waiting for"
+        fi
         psline=`ps u $$`
         logger -t cloud "Failed job detail: $psline"
         rm $__LOCKFILE
@@ -78,7 +100,8 @@ getLockFile() {
 # $1 lock filename
 # $2 locked(1) or not(0)
 releaseLockFile() {
-    __LOCKFILE="/tmp/*-$$-$1.lock"
+    __LOCKDIR="/tmp"
+    __LOCKFILE="$__LOCKDIR/*-$$-$1.lock"
     __locked=$2
     if [ "$__locked" == "1" ]
     then