diff --git a/src/mds/Locker.cc b/src/mds/Locker.cc
index 5512db0fbb1..79e70e5a074 100644
--- a/src/mds/Locker.cc
+++ b/src/mds/Locker.cc
@@ -1696,6 +1696,7 @@ bool Locker::scatter_wrlock_start(ScatterLock *lock, MDRequest *mdr)
       !lock->get_parent()->is_replicated() &&
       !lock->is_rdlocked() &&
       !lock->is_xlocked() &&
+      lock->get_num_client_lease() == 0 &&
       lock->get_state() == LOCK_SYNC) 
     lock->set_state(LOCK_SCATTER);
   //scatter_scatter(lock);
diff --git a/src/mds/ScatterLock.h b/src/mds/ScatterLock.h
index 24a1361f82d..97e09f0032d 100644
--- a/src/mds/ScatterLock.h
+++ b/src/mds/ScatterLock.h
@@ -167,6 +167,8 @@ public:
     out << get_lock_type_name(get_type()) << " ";
     out << get_scatterlock_state_name(get_state());
     if (!get_gather_set().empty()) out << " g=" << get_gather_set();
+    if (get_num_client_lease())
+      out << " c=" << get_num_client_lease();
     if (is_rdlocked()) 
       out << " r=" << get_num_rdlocks();
     if (is_xlocked())