diff --git a/ompi/mca/osc/ucx/osc_ucx_comm.c b/ompi/mca/osc/ucx/osc_ucx_comm.c
index 86f82697995..ab122e67263 100644
--- a/ompi/mca/osc/ucx/osc_ucx_comm.c
+++ b/ompi/mca/osc/ucx/osc_ucx_comm.c
@@ -606,6 +606,9 @@ int ompi_osc_ucx_get(void *origin_addr, size_t origin_count,
 static inline bool ompi_osc_need_acc_lock(ompi_osc_ucx_module_t *module, int target)
 {
     ompi_osc_ucx_lock_t *lock = NULL;
+    if (module->no_locks) {
+        return true; // if we have no locks we always need to acquire the accumulate lock
+    }
     opal_hash_table_get_value_uint32(&module->outstanding_locks,
                                      (uint32_t) target, (void **) &lock);