diff --git a/packages/sysutils/autoupdate/scripts/autoupdate.devel b/packages/sysutils/autoupdate/scripts/autoupdate.devel
index e5a128b163..6686975359 100755
--- a/packages/sysutils/autoupdate/scripts/autoupdate.devel
+++ b/packages/sysutils/autoupdate/scripts/autoupdate.devel
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@
 if [ ! -f /var/lock/update.lock ]; then
 
   if [ "$AUTOUPDATE" = "manually" -o "$AUTOUPDATE" = "auto" ]; then
-  # locking autoupdate
-    touch /var/lock/update.lock
 
   # sleep a bit, maybe we have a lot of work ;-)
     usleep 30000000
@@ -42,14 +40,14 @@ if [ ! -f /var/lock/update.lock ]; then
       # show a message if a new version is avaible
         send_message "New update avaible: r$NEW_VERSION - please update manually"
 
-      # remove locking
-        rm -rf /var/lock/update.lock
-
       elif [ "$AUTOUPDATE" = "auto" ]; then
 
       # show a message if a new version is avaible
         send_message "New update avaible: r$NEW_VERSION - downloading and extract the new version..."
 
+      # locking autoupdate
+        touch /var/lock/update.lock
+
       # downloading the new version
         wget -c $UPDATEURL/$NEW_IMAGE.tar.bz2 -P /tmp
 
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/autoupdate/scripts/autoupdate.release b/packages/sysutils/autoupdate/scripts/autoupdate.release
index 3d1f5cdfdf..0216872fdf 100755
--- a/packages/sysutils/autoupdate/scripts/autoupdate.release
+++ b/packages/sysutils/autoupdate/scripts/autoupdate.release
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@
 if [ ! -f /var/lock/update.lock ]; then
 
   if [ "$AUTOUPDATE" = "manually" -o "$AUTOUPDATE" = "auto" ]; then
-  # locking autoupdate
-    touch /var/lock/update.lock
 
   # sleep a bit, maybe we have a lot of work ;-)
     usleep 30000000
@@ -49,14 +47,14 @@ if [ ! -f /var/lock/update.lock ]; then
       # show a message if a new version is avaible
         send_message "New update avaible: $NEW_VERSION - please update manually"
 
-      # remove locking
-        rm -rf /var/lock/update.lock
-
       elif [ "$AUTOUPDATE" = "auto" ]; then
 
       # show a message if a new version is avaible
         send_message "New update avaible: $NEW_VERSION - downloading and extract the new version..."
 
+      # locking autoupdate
+        touch /var/lock/update.lock
+
       # downloading the new version
         wget -c $UPDATEURL/$NEW_IMAGE.tar.bz2 -P /tmp