diff --git a/src/api/functions.jl b/src/api/functions.jl
index 75fe5806..3404ffdf 100644
--- a/src/api/functions.jl
+++ b/src/api/functions.jl
@@ -353,12 +353,12 @@ end
 See `libhdf5` documentation for [`H5Aiterate2`](https://docs.hdfgroup.org/hdf5/v1_14/group___h5_a.html#ga9315a22b60468b6e996559b1b8a77251).
 """
 function h5a_iterate(obj_id, idx_type, order, n, op, op_data)
-    lock(liblock)
-    var"#status#" = try
+    # lock(liblock)
+    var"#status#" = #try
             ccall((:H5Aiterate2, libhdf5), herr_t, (hid_t, Cint, Cint, Ptr{hsize_t}, Ptr{Cvoid}, Any), obj_id, idx_type, order, n, op, op_data)
-        finally
-            unlock(liblock)
-        end
+        #finally
+        #    unlock(liblock)
+        #end
     # @show var"#status#"
     var"#status#" < herr_t(0) && @h5error(string("Error iterating attributes in object ", h5i_get_name(obj_id)))
     return nothing