diff --git a/roles/bodhi2/backend/files/new-updates-sync b/roles/bodhi2/backend/files/new-updates-sync
index 0fa893b72f..7d6e4569b9 100755
--- a/roles/bodhi2/backend/files/new-updates-sync
+++ b/roles/bodhi2/backend/files/new-updates-sync
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ def update_fullfilelist(modules):
         logger.info('No filelists to update')
         return
     cmd = ['/usr/local/bin/update-fullfiletimelist', '-l',
-           '/tmp/update-fullfiletimelist.lock', '-t', '/pub']
+           '/pub/fedora-secondary/update-fullfiletimelist.lock', '-t', '/pub']
     cmd.extend(modules)
     run_command(cmd)