diff --git a/ocaml/xapi/helpers.ml b/ocaml/xapi/helpers.ml
index d8366e00a9a..476151dc02a 100644
--- a/ocaml/xapi/helpers.ml
+++ b/ocaml/xapi/helpers.ml
@@ -1654,8 +1654,9 @@ let retry ~__context ~doc ?(policy = Policy.standard) f =
       ) ;
       f ()
     with
-    | Api_errors.Server_error (code, _ :: _) as e
+    | Api_errors.Server_error (code, _) as e
     when code = Api_errors.other_operation_in_progress
+         || code = Api_errors.get_updates_in_progress
     ->
       debug "%s locking failed: caught transient failure %s" doc
         (ExnHelper.string_of_exn e) ;