diff --git a/bin/bitbake-worker b/bin/bitbake-worker
index d2b146a6a..aa14ef191 100755
--- a/bin/bitbake-worker
+++ b/bin/bitbake-worker
@@ -23,9 +23,10 @@ import queue
 import shlex
 import subprocess
 import fcntl
-from multiprocessing import Lock
 from threading import Thread
 
+Lock = bb.multiprocessing.Lock
+
 # Remove when we have a minimum of python 3.10
 if not hasattr(fcntl, 'F_SETPIPE_SZ'):
     fcntl.F_SETPIPE_SZ = 1031