diff --git a/lib/bb/utils.py b/lib/bb/utils.py
index 7063491..0343b08 100644
--- a/lib/bb/utils.py
+++ b/lib/bb/utils.py
@@ -487,7 +487,7 @@ def lockfile(name, shared=False, retry=True, block=False):
                     return lf
             lf.close()
         except OSError as e:
-            if e.errno == errno.EACCES:
+            if e.errno == errno.EACCES or e.errno == errno.ENAMETOOLONG:
                 logger.error("Unable to acquire lock '%s', %s",
                              e.strerror, name)
                 sys.exit(1)