diff --git a/src/bhyve/bhyve_driver.c b/src/bhyve/bhyve_driver.c
index cfcf4e1fba5ca77640c026037bb879b3433e5bec..5387ac557051522740cb85abba8530d9439030a6 100644
--- a/src/bhyve/bhyve_driver.c
+++ b/src/bhyve/bhyve_driver.c
@@ -1280,7 +1280,7 @@ bhyveStateInitialize(bool privileged,
     }
 
     if ((bhyve_driver->lockFD =
-         virPidFileAcquire(BHYVE_STATE_DIR, "driver", true, getpid())) < 0)
+         virPidFileAcquire(BHYVE_STATE_DIR, "driver", false, getpid())) < 0)
         goto cleanup;
 
     if (virDomainObjListLoadAllConfigs(bhyve_driver->domains,
diff --git a/src/interface/interface_backend_netcf.c b/src/interface/interface_backend_netcf.c
index 868e49c56e4c7d1a46144ccf65a78828ac9b30f9..f575768c4c91d1a369c2ff3802fa1bac38939546 100644
--- a/src/interface/interface_backend_netcf.c
+++ b/src/interface/interface_backend_netcf.c
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ netcfStateInitialize(bool privileged,
     }
 
     if ((driver->lockFD =
-         virPidFileAcquire(driver->stateDir, "driver", true, getpid())) < 0)
+         virPidFileAcquire(driver->stateDir, "driver", false, getpid())) < 0)
         goto error;
 
     /* open netcf */
diff --git a/src/interface/interface_backend_udev.c b/src/interface/interface_backend_udev.c
index fcd7f1c04a4ccb91ce54785d946e3684436a8616..2feaeb95b70cecb35d2a25302f3feb15482a0401 100644
--- a/src/interface/interface_backend_udev.c
+++ b/src/interface/interface_backend_udev.c
@@ -1199,7 +1199,7 @@ udevStateInitialize(bool privileged,
     }
 
     if ((driver->lockFD =
-         virPidFileAcquire(driver->stateDir, "driver", true, getpid())) < 0)
+         virPidFileAcquire(driver->stateDir, "driver", false, getpid())) < 0)
         goto cleanup;
 
     driver->udev = udev_new();
diff --git a/src/libxl/libxl_driver.c b/src/libxl/libxl_driver.c
index a99c7471bb05766da2b21456a91a13d254c08819..492028c48740f84321abfa557fbdca949e505a0a 100644
--- a/src/libxl/libxl_driver.c
+++ b/src/libxl/libxl_driver.c
@@ -747,7 +747,7 @@ libxlStateInitialize(bool privileged,
     }
 
     if ((libxl_driver->lockFD =
-         virPidFileAcquire(cfg->stateDir, "driver", true, getpid())) < 0)
+         virPidFileAcquire(cfg->stateDir, "driver", false, getpid())) < 0)
         goto error;
 
     if (!(libxl_driver->lockManager =
diff --git a/src/lxc/lxc_driver.c b/src/lxc/lxc_driver.c
index 3982c24f347b1f54a4f926c0ad8d746e6ee89201..d0b670310163cfd0f93f6ce8425cae2f64f25c64 100644
--- a/src/lxc/lxc_driver.c
+++ b/src/lxc/lxc_driver.c
@@ -1607,7 +1607,7 @@ static int lxcStateInitialize(bool privileged,
     }
 
     if ((lxc_driver->lockFD =
-         virPidFileAcquire(cfg->stateDir, "driver", true, getpid())) < 0)
+         virPidFileAcquire(cfg->stateDir, "driver", false, getpid())) < 0)
         goto cleanup;
 
     /* Get all the running persistent or transient configs first */
diff --git a/src/network/leaseshelper.c b/src/network/leaseshelper.c
index 89d9a003e25e5352049989ba475e666a822edaf5..2a10fbf33abd83d3249954815c583d675e6ef866 100644
--- a/src/network/leaseshelper.c
+++ b/src/network/leaseshelper.c
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
         goto cleanup;
 
     /* Try to claim the pidfile, exiting if we can't */
-    if ((pid_file_fd = virPidFileAcquirePath(pid_file, true, getpid())) < 0)
+    if ((pid_file_fd = virPidFileAcquirePath(pid_file, false, getpid())) < 0)
         goto cleanup;
 
     /* Since interfaces can be hot plugged, we need to make sure that the
diff --git a/src/node_device/node_device_hal.c b/src/node_device/node_device_hal.c
index 1920f4566e5dab8859666c1bf940dc837ef01e3d..1f3f867599ae363fc35c145529307fba27357fe1 100644
--- a/src/node_device/node_device_hal.c
+++ b/src/node_device/node_device_hal.c
@@ -637,7 +637,7 @@ nodeStateInitialize(bool privileged ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
     }
 
     if ((driver->lockFD =
-         virPidFileAcquire(driver->stateDir, "driver", true, getpid())) < 0)
+         virPidFileAcquire(driver->stateDir, "driver", false, getpid())) < 0)
         goto failure;
 
     if (!(driver->devs = virNodeDeviceObjListNew()))
diff --git a/src/node_device/node_device_udev.c b/src/node_device/node_device_udev.c
index d88346294850b6648aeed29d6b86212c46b2594f..8bc63c506cfe5d94a3a128d1889cbdf8141ff48d 100644
--- a/src/node_device/node_device_udev.c
+++ b/src/node_device/node_device_udev.c
@@ -1848,7 +1848,7 @@ nodeStateInitialize(bool privileged,
     }
 
     if ((driver->lockFD =
-         virPidFileAcquire(driver->stateDir, "driver", true, getpid())) < 0)
+         virPidFileAcquire(driver->stateDir, "driver", false, getpid())) < 0)
         goto cleanup;
 
     if (!(driver->devs = virNodeDeviceObjListNew()) ||
diff --git a/src/nwfilter/nwfilter_driver.c b/src/nwfilter/nwfilter_driver.c
index 43561241f63dfbad54c14c29f31e028bacf27151..530e4f58725b62b43ca826da00efa35bba9156a6 100644
--- a/src/nwfilter/nwfilter_driver.c
+++ b/src/nwfilter/nwfilter_driver.c
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ nwfilterStateInitialize(bool privileged,
     }
 
     if ((driver->lockFD =
-         virPidFileAcquire(driver->stateDir, "driver", true, getpid())) < 0)
+         virPidFileAcquire(driver->stateDir, "driver", false, getpid())) < 0)
         goto error;
 
     if (virNWFilterIPAddrMapInit() < 0)
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
index fc0d12c335389d0a7da90bb38362e0a965c214e5..d3a144aabddf6410e54d07e485e86c1526bedb92 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
@@ -677,7 +677,7 @@ qemuStateInitialize(bool privileged,
     }
 
     if ((qemu_driver->lockFD =
-         virPidFileAcquire(cfg->stateDir, "driver", true, getpid())) < 0)
+         virPidFileAcquire(cfg->stateDir, "driver", false, getpid())) < 0)
         goto error;
 
     qemu_driver->qemuImgBinary = virFindFileInPath("qemu-img");
diff --git a/src/secret/secret_driver.c b/src/secret/secret_driver.c
index 9344948db4053f175a435720e419b579ec0013e5..0af2bcef967ae7c76638f17e087c7e2c6a57ad90 100644
--- a/src/secret/secret_driver.c
+++ b/src/secret/secret_driver.c
@@ -504,7 +504,7 @@ secretStateInitialize(bool privileged,
     }
 
     if ((driver->lockFD =
-         virPidFileAcquire(driver->stateDir, "driver", true, getpid())) < 0)
+         virPidFileAcquire(driver->stateDir, "driver", false, getpid())) < 0)
         goto error;
 
     if (!(driver->secrets = virSecretObjListNew()))
diff --git a/src/vz/vz_driver.c b/src/vz/vz_driver.c
index 75430fb0d9f1d52b863fe4e0331d123b71a187d4..f5d05a7f43beb4b79e68828eac0da2dfc597e094 100644
--- a/src/vz/vz_driver.c
+++ b/src/vz/vz_driver.c
@@ -4129,7 +4129,7 @@ vzStateInitialize(bool privileged,
     }
 
     if ((vz_driver_lock_fd =
-         virPidFileAcquire(VZ_STATEDIR, "driver", true, getpid())) < 0)
+         virPidFileAcquire(VZ_STATEDIR, "driver", false, getpid())) < 0)
         return -1;
 
     if (prlsdkInit() < 0) {