diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/no-delete-lock.md b/changelog/unreleased/no-delete-lock.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..89fc607560d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/no-delete-lock.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+Bugfix: Do not delete mlock files
+
+To prevent stale NFS file handles we no longer delete empty mlock files after updating the metadata.
+
+https://github.com/cs3org/reva/pull/4936
+https://github.com/cs3org/reva/pull/4924
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkg/storage/utils/decomposedfs/upload/store.go b/pkg/storage/utils/decomposedfs/upload/store.go
index 1264512205d..64615b2e950 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/utils/decomposedfs/upload/store.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/utils/decomposedfs/upload/store.go
@@ -31,6 +31,11 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	provider "github.com/cs3org/go-cs3apis/cs3/storage/provider/v1beta1"
+	"github.com/google/uuid"
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
+	"github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal/lockedfile"
+	tusd "github.com/tus/tusd/v2/pkg/handler"
+
 	"github.com/cs3org/reva/v2/pkg/appctx"
 	"github.com/cs3org/reva/v2/pkg/errtypes"
 	"github.com/cs3org/reva/v2/pkg/events"
@@ -41,10 +46,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/cs3org/reva/v2/pkg/storage/utils/decomposedfs/node"
 	"github.com/cs3org/reva/v2/pkg/storage/utils/decomposedfs/options"
 	"github.com/cs3org/reva/v2/pkg/storage/utils/decomposedfs/usermapper"
-	"github.com/google/uuid"
-	"github.com/pkg/errors"
-	"github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal/lockedfile"
-	tusd "github.com/tus/tusd/v2/pkg/handler"
 )
 
 var _idRegexp = regexp.MustCompile(".*/([^/]+).info")
@@ -312,11 +313,8 @@ func (store OcisStore) updateExistingNode(ctx context.Context, session *OcisSess
 	}
 
 	unlock := func() error {
-		err := f.Close()
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-		return os.Remove(store.lu.MetadataBackend().LockfilePath(targetPath))
+		// NOTE: to prevent stale NFS file handles do not remove lock file!
+		return f.Close()
 	}
 
 	old, _ := node.ReadNode(ctx, store.lu, spaceID, n.ID, false, nil, false)