diff --git a/oam/install_scripts/mariadb-columnstore-start.sh b/oam/install_scripts/mariadb-columnstore-start.sh
index 733ed4fdf..aaeaacd7e 100644
--- a/oam/install_scripts/mariadb-columnstore-start.sh
+++ b/oam/install_scripts/mariadb-columnstore-start.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 # prevent nodes using shared storage manager from stepping on each other when initializing
 # flock will open up an exclusive file lock to run atomic operations
 exec {fd_lock}>/var/lib/columnstore/storagemanager/storagemanager-lock
-flock -x "$fd_lock"
+flock -n "$fd_lock" || exit 0
 
 /bin/systemctl start mcs-workernode
 /bin/systemctl start mcs-controllernode