diff --git a/src/api2/pull.rs b/src/api2/pull.rs
index 4cb1f21c..df21b266 100644
--- a/src/api2/pull.rs
+++ b/src/api2/pull.rs
@@ -315,6 +315,9 @@ pub async fn pull_store(
     username: String,
 ) -> Result<(), Error> {
 
+    // explicit create shared lock to prevent GC on newly created chunks
+    let _shared_store_lock = tgt_store.try_shared_chunk_store_lock()?;
+
     let path = format!("api2/json/admin/datastore/{}/groups", src_repo.store());
 
     let mut result = client.get(&path, None).await?;
@@ -431,7 +434,6 @@ async fn pull (
         user_info.check_privs(&username, &["datastore", &store], PRIV_DATASTORE_PRUNE, false)?;
     }
 
-
     let tgt_store = DataStore::lookup_datastore(&store)?;
 
     let (remote_config, _digest) = remote::config()?;
@@ -453,9 +455,6 @@ async fn pull (
 
         worker.log(format!("sync datastore '{}' start", store));
 
-        // explicit create shared lock to prevent GC on newly created chunks
-        let _shared_store_lock = tgt_store.try_shared_chunk_store_lock()?;
-
         pull_store(&worker, &client, &src_repo, tgt_store.clone(), delete, username).await?;
 
         worker.log(format!("sync datastore '{}' end", store));