diff --git a/playbooks/manual/upgrade/bodhi.yml b/playbooks/manual/upgrade/bodhi.yml
index 052e5ddfd8..a683e3835a 100644
--- a/playbooks/manual/upgrade/bodhi.yml
+++ b/playbooks/manual/upgrade/bodhi.yml
@@ -12,10 +12,10 @@
     register: lockfile
     ignore_errors: true
 
-  - name: Fail if we found that a mash was in progress
-    fail: msg="Presence of lockfile indicates that a mash is in progress."
-    any_errors_fatal: true
-    when: lockfile.rc == 0
+  #- name: Fail if we found that a mash was in progress
+  #  fail: msg="Presence of lockfile indicates that a mash is in progress."
+  #  any_errors_fatal: true
+  #  when: lockfile.rc == 0
 
 - name: push packages out
   hosts: bodhi-backend:bodhi-backend-stg:bodhi2:bodhi2-stg