===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsrepo/anoncvs/cvs/src/usr.bin/cvs/file.c,v
retrieving revision 1.272
retrieving revision 1.273
diff -u -r1.272 -r1.273
--- src/usr.bin/cvs/file.c	2017/06/01 08:08:24	1.272
+++ src/usr.bin/cvs/file.c	2017/06/01 08:38:56	1.273
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*	$OpenBSD: file.c,v 1.272 2017/06/01 08:08:24 joris Exp $	*/
+/*	$OpenBSD: file.c,v 1.273 2017/06/01 08:38:56 joris Exp $	*/
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2006 Joris Vink <joris@openbsd.org>
  * Copyright (c) 2004 Jean-Francois Brousseau <jfb@openbsd.org>
@@ -372,8 +372,10 @@
 				cr->fileproc(cf);
 
 			if (l->flags & FILE_USER_SUPPLIED) {
-				if (cmdp->cmd_flags & CVS_LOCK_REPO)
+				if (cvsroot_is_local() &&
+				    (cmdp->cmd_flags & CVS_LOCK_REPO)) {
 					cvs_repository_unlock(repo);
+				}
 				free(cvs_directory_tag);
 				cvs_directory_tag = NULL;
 			}