long lockEpochMillis = System.currentTimeMillis();
 
 //        System.out.println("guard(" + lockName + "): " + prevGuard + "->" + lockRef);
-                       logger.info(EELFLoggerDelegate.applicationLogger,
-                                       "Created lock reference for " + keyspace + "." + table + "." + lockName + ":" + lockRef);
 
                        queryObject = new PreparedQueryObject();
                        String insQuery = "BEGIN BATCH" +
                queryObject.addValue(isWriteLock);
                        queryObject.appendQueryString(insQuery);
                        boolean pResult = dsHandle.executePut(queryObject, "critical");
+
+                       if (pResult == false) // LockReference is used by another actor before we could guard it
+                               throw new MusicServiceException("LockReference went out of hand");
+                       logger.info(EELFLoggerDelegate.applicationLogger,
+                                       "Created+Enq lock reference for " + keyspace + "." + table + "." + lockName + ":" + lockRef);
                        return String.valueOf(lockRef);
                }
                finally {
                }
                return lockQueue;
        }
-       
-       
+
        /**
         * Returns a result set containing the list of clients waiting for a particular lock
         * @param keyspace