diff --git a/gerrit-war/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/extra/bin/gerrit.sh b/gerrit-war/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/extra/bin/gerrit.sh
index 8320a5f..d8a7201 100755
--- a/gerrit-war/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/extra/bin/gerrit.sh
+++ b/gerrit-war/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/extra/bin/gerrit.sh
@@ -292,7 +292,8 @@
 ulimit -n $GERRIT_FDS  ; # open files
 ulimit -t unlimited    ; # cpu time
 ulimit -t unlimited    ; # virtual memory
-ulimit -x unlimited    ; # file locks
+
+ulimit -x unlimited    2>/dev/null ; # file locks
 
 #####################################################
 # This is how the Gerrit server will be started