diff --git a/bin/dwpage.php b/bin/dwpage.php
index 9fd523c93b12e8953434ba6044faa1aa85f21e02..a30a28e04a34526a6e4841b2d3cbdd53ee48ce25 100755
--- a/bin/dwpage.php
+++ b/bin/dwpage.php
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ function clearLock($WIKI_ID) {
 
     unlock($WIKI_ID);
 
-    if ( file_exists(wikiFN($WIKI_ID).'.lock') ) {
+    if ( file_exists(wikiLockFN($WIKI_ID)) ) {
         fwrite( STDERR, "Unable to clear lock for $WIKI_ID\n" );
         exit(1);
     }
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ function clearLock($WIKI_ID) {
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 function deleteLock($WIKI_ID) {
 
-    $wikiLockFN = wikiFN($WIKI_ID).'.lock';
+    $wikiLockFN = wikiLockFN($WIKI_ID);
 
     if ( file_exists($wikiLockFN) ) {
         if ( !unlink($wikiLockFN) ) {
diff --git a/inc/common.php b/inc/common.php
index e47b4e7a3cc544c8ccf90aa7bc951780165fcae2..b1246ba7ff71cf0b548c9e47470c7453ea36341a 100644
--- a/inc/common.php
+++ b/inc/common.php
@@ -523,7 +523,7 @@ function clientIP($single=false){
  */
 function checklock($id){
   global $conf;
-  $lock = wikiFN($id).'.lock';
+  $lock = wikiLockFN($id);
 
   //no lockfile
   if(!@file_exists($lock)) return false;
@@ -549,7 +549,7 @@ function checklock($id){
  * @author Andreas Gohr <andi@splitbrain.org>
  */
 function lock($id){
-  $lock = wikiFN($id).'.lock';
+  $lock = wikiLockFN($id);
   if($_SERVER['REMOTE_USER']){
     io_saveFile($lock,$_SERVER['REMOTE_USER']);
   }else{
@@ -564,7 +564,7 @@ function lock($id){
  * @return bool true if a lock was removed
  */
 function unlock($id){
-  $lock = wikiFN($id).'.lock';
+  $lock = wikiLockFN($id);
   if(@file_exists($lock)){
     $ip = io_readFile($lock);
     if( ($ip == clientIP()) || ($ip == $_SERVER['REMOTE_USER']) ){
diff --git a/inc/html.php b/inc/html.php
index 2a02b8c34f4026797d8b2abdcd0e598877428525..7f5050b8d771b919ef37e1ab42daf77a2942044b 100644
--- a/inc/html.php
+++ b/inc/html.php
@@ -422,7 +422,7 @@ function html_locked(){
   global $lang;
   global $INFO;
 
-  $locktime = filemtime(wikiFN($ID).'.lock');
+  $locktime = filemtime(wikiLockFN($ID));
   $expire = @date($conf['dformat'], $locktime + $conf['locktime'] );
   $min    = round(($conf['locktime'] - (time() - $locktime) )/60);
 
diff --git a/inc/pageutils.php b/inc/pageutils.php
index f9d182aac77bf770627554a914646a7d3077dbdc..c10c1c4e892a94ef894401f2063d35bf33c19bee 100644
--- a/inc/pageutils.php
+++ b/inc/pageutils.php
@@ -151,6 +151,17 @@ function wikiFN($id,$rev=''){
   return $fn;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Returns the full path to the file for locking the page while editing.
+ *
+ * @author Ben Coburn <btcoburn@silicodon.net>
+ */
+function wikiLockFN($id) {
+  global $conf;
+  return $conf['lockdir'].'/'.sha1(cleanID($id)).'.lock';
+}
+
+
 /**
  * returns the full path to the meta file specified by ID and extension
  *