diff -Naurp --exclude-from excludes old/libsemanage/src/database.c new/libsemanage/src/database.c
--- old/libsemanage/src/database.c	2006-01-17 09:11:06.000000000 -0700
+++ new/libsemanage/src/database.c	2006-01-17 14:28:26.000000000 -0700
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 #include <semanage/handle.h>
 #include "semanage_store.h"
+#include "semanage_conf.h"
 #include "database.h"
 #include "debug.h"
 
@@ -28,7 +29,9 @@ static int enter_ro(
 	if (assert_init(handle, dconfig) < 0)
 		goto err;
 
-	if (!handle->is_in_transaction) {
+	if (!handle->is_in_transaction &&
+	     handle->conf->store_type == SEMANAGE_CON_DIRECT) {
+
 		if (semanage_get_active_lock(handle) < 0) {
 			ERR(handle, "could not get the active lock");
 			goto err;
@@ -51,7 +54,8 @@ static inline int exit_ro(
 
 	int commit_num = handle->funcs->get_serial(handle); 
 
-	if (!handle->is_in_transaction) 
+	if (!handle->is_in_transaction && 
+	     handle->conf->store_type == SEMANAGE_CON_DIRECT) 
 		semanage_release_active_lock(handle);
 
 	return commit_num;