diff --git a/fdbserver/QuietDatabase.actor.cpp b/fdbserver/QuietDatabase.actor.cpp
index 38f295f9e0..5fea70df12 100644
--- a/fdbserver/QuietDatabase.actor.cpp
+++ b/fdbserver/QuietDatabase.actor.cpp
@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@ ACTOR Future<vector<StorageServerInterface>> getStorageServers( Database cx, boo
 	state Transaction tr( cx );
 	if (use_system_priority)
 		tr.setOption(FDBTransactionOptions::PRIORITY_SYSTEM_IMMEDIATE);
+		tr.setOption(FDBTransactionOptions::LOCK_AWARE);
 	loop {
 		try {
 			Standalone<RangeResultRef> serverList = wait( tr.getRange( serverListKeys, CLIENT_KNOBS->TOO_MANY ) );
diff --git a/fdbserver/workloads/ConsistencyCheck.actor.cpp b/fdbserver/workloads/ConsistencyCheck.actor.cpp
index df9da038c2..1341e131f4 100644
--- a/fdbserver/workloads/ConsistencyCheck.actor.cpp
+++ b/fdbserver/workloads/ConsistencyCheck.actor.cpp
@@ -171,6 +171,7 @@ struct ConsistencyCheckWorkload : TestWorkload
 				state DatabaseConfiguration configuration;
 
 				state Transaction tr(cx);
+				tr.setOption(FDBTransactionOptions::LOCK_AWARE);
 				loop {
 					try {
 						Standalone<RangeResultRef> res = wait( tr.getRange(configKeys, 1000) );
@@ -285,6 +286,7 @@ struct ConsistencyCheckWorkload : TestWorkload
 		loop
 		{
 			state Transaction tr(cx);
+			tr.setOption(FDBTransactionOptions::LOCK_AWARE);
 			try
 			{
 				Version version = wait(tr.getReadVersion());
@@ -532,6 +534,7 @@ struct ConsistencyCheckWorkload : TestWorkload
 
 	ACTOR Future<int64_t> getDatabaseSize(Database cx) {
 		state Transaction tr( cx );
+		tr.setOption(FDBTransactionOptions::LOCK_AWARE);
 		loop {
 			try {
 				StorageMetrics metrics = wait( tr.getStorageMetrics( KeyRangeRef(allKeys.begin, keyServersPrefix), 100000 ) );