diff --git a/virt-backup b/virt-backup
index a548333..56e1ced 100644
--- a/virt-backup
+++ b/virt-backup
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ my $locker = LockFile::Simple->make(
 my $glock = undef;
 if ($opts{action} =~ m/^dump|convert|chunkmount$/){
     print "Trying to acquire an exclusive lock\n" if ($opts{debug});
-    my $glock = $locker->lock($opts{lockdir} . '/virt-backup') || die "Can't acquire exclusive lock\n";
+    $glock = $locker->lock($opts{lockdir} . '/virt-backup') || die "Can't acquire exclusive lock\n";
 }
 
 foreach our $vm (@vms){