diff --git a/scripts/gnt-instance b/scripts/gnt-instance
index 45d7fd4837841ca07104a30b82636982dd5e0e5d..e9f4bcc8c23e92280ff291d43d0f2a195f603da8 100755
--- a/scripts/gnt-instance
+++ b/scripts/gnt-instance
@@ -556,8 +556,6 @@ def ConnectToInstanceConsole(opts, args):
   if opts.show_command:
     print utils.ShellQuoteArgs(cmd)
   else:
-    # drop lock and exec so other commands can run while we have console
-    utils.Unlock("cmd")
     try:
       os.execvp(cmd[0], cmd)
     finally: