diff --git a/pkg/lvm/lvm.go b/pkg/lvm/lvm.go
index 50c0c919..3c3fa690 100644
--- a/pkg/lvm/lvm.go
+++ b/pkg/lvm/lvm.go
@@ -850,6 +850,10 @@ func LookupPhysicalVolume(name string) (*PhysicalVolume, error) {
 // https://github.com/Jajcus/lvm2/blob/266d6564d7a72fcff5b25367b7a95424ccf8089e/lib/metadata/metadata.c#L983
 
 func run(cmd string, v interface{}, extraArgs ...string) error {
+	if lvmlock != nil {
+		lvmlock.Lock()
+		defer lvmlock.Unlock()
+	}
 	var args []string
 	if v != nil {
 		args = append(args, "--reportformat=json")
diff --git a/pkg/lvm/lvm_test.go b/pkg/lvm/lvm_test.go
index 66eeaca8..0c50ac80 100644
--- a/pkg/lvm/lvm_test.go
+++ b/pkg/lvm/lvm_test.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ package lvm
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"io/ioutil"
 	"reflect"
 	"sort"
 	"strings"
@@ -18,6 +19,16 @@ const (
 	pvsize = 100 << 20
 )
 
+func init() {
+	// Set the lock file to use in tests.
+	file, err := ioutil.TempFile("", "csilvm-test-lock-file")
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	file.Close()
+	SetLockFilePath(file.Name())
+}
+
 func TestCreatePhysicalDevice(t *testing.T) {
 	loop, err := CreateLoopDevice(pvsize)
 	if err != nil {