diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/orientechnologies/orient/core/sql/OCommandExecutorSQLSelect.java b/core/src/main/java/com/orientechnologies/orient/core/sql/OCommandExecutorSQLSelect.java
index 40957d7f20e..2912a84349e 100755
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/orientechnologies/orient/core/sql/OCommandExecutorSQLSelect.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/orientechnologies/orient/core/sql/OCommandExecutorSQLSelect.java
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@
 import com.orientechnologies.orient.core.sql.operator.OQueryOperatorOr;
 import com.orientechnologies.orient.core.sql.query.OSQLQuery;
 import com.orientechnologies.orient.core.storage.OStorage;
+import com.orientechnologies.orient.core.storage.OStorageEmbedded;
 
 /**
  * Executes the SQL SELECT statement. the parse() method compiles the query and builds the meta information needed by the execute().
@@ -361,8 +362,9 @@ protected boolean executeSearchRecord(final OIdentifiable id) {
 
     final OStorage.LOCKING_STRATEGY lockingStrategy = context.getVariable("$locking") != null ? (OStorage.LOCKING_STRATEGY) context
         .getVariable("$locking") : OStorage.LOCKING_STRATEGY.DEFAULT;
-
-    final ORecordInternal<?> record = id instanceof ORecordInternal<?> ? (ORecordInternal<?>) id : getDatabase().load(
+    ORecordInternal<?> record = null;
+    try{
+        record = id instanceof ORecordInternal<?> ? (ORecordInternal<?>) id : getDatabase().load(
         id.getIdentity(), null, false, false, lockingStrategy);
 
     context.updateMetric("recordReads", +1);
@@ -377,7 +379,16 @@ protected boolean executeSearchRecord(final OIdentifiable id) {
       if (!handleResult(record, true))
         // END OF EXECUTION
         return false;
-
+    }finally{
+          // lock must be released (no matter if filtered or not)
+          if (lockingStrategy==OStorage.LOCKING_STRATEGY.KEEP_EXCLUSIVE_LOCK)
+          {
+              if (record!=null)
+              {
+                  ((OStorageEmbedded) getDatabase().getStorage()).releaseWriteLock(record.getIdentity());
+              }
+          }
+      }
     return true;
   }
 
@@ -878,7 +889,7 @@ protected int parseProjections() {
       return -1;
 
     int upperBound = OStringSerializerHelper.getLowerIndexOf(parserTextUpperCase, parserGetCurrentPosition(), KEYWORD_FROM_2FIND,
-        KEYWORD_LET_2FIND);
+            KEYWORD_LET_2FIND);
     if (upperBound == -1)
       // UP TO THE END
       upperBound = parserText.length();
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/orientechnologies/orient/core/sql/OCommandExecutorSQLUpdate.java b/core/src/main/java/com/orientechnologies/orient/core/sql/OCommandExecutorSQLUpdate.java
index 674e6ca3d24..1c61fa2859d 100755
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/orientechnologies/orient/core/sql/OCommandExecutorSQLUpdate.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/orientechnologies/orient/core/sql/OCommandExecutorSQLUpdate.java
@@ -423,8 +423,6 @@ else if (v instanceof OCommandRequest)
       return true;
 
     } finally {
-      if (lockStrategy.equalsIgnoreCase("RECORD"))
-        ((OStorageEmbedded) getDatabase().getStorage()).releaseWriteLock(record.getIdentity());
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/orientechnologies/orient/core/storage/impl/local/paginated/OLocalPaginatedStorage.java b/core/src/main/java/com/orientechnologies/orient/core/storage/impl/local/paginated/OLocalPaginatedStorage.java
index 6af66317cd3..f360b569cdb 100755
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/orientechnologies/orient/core/storage/impl/local/paginated/OLocalPaginatedStorage.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/orientechnologies/orient/core/storage/impl/local/paginated/OLocalPaginatedStorage.java
@@ -1248,9 +1248,11 @@ protected ORawBuffer readRecord(final OCluster clusterSegment, final ORecordId r
           case DEFAULT:
             lockManager.releaseLock(Thread.currentThread(), rid, OLockManager.LOCK.SHARED);
             break;
+          case KEEP_EXCLUSIVE_LOCK:
+           // DO NOTHING - THIS EXCLUSIVE LOCK IS RELEASED LATER IN UPPER CALLERs
+            break;
           case NONE:
           case KEEP_SHARED_LOCK:
-          case KEEP_EXCLUSIVE_LOCK:
             // DO NOTHING
             break;
           }