diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/nodeshutdown/nodeshutdown_manager_linux.go b/pkg/kubelet/nodeshutdown/nodeshutdown_manager_linux.go
index 43adac645fc..215afa01c27 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/nodeshutdown/nodeshutdown_manager_linux.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/nodeshutdown/nodeshutdown_manager_linux.go
@@ -173,6 +173,9 @@ func (m *Manager) aquireInhibitLock() error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+	if m.inhibitLock != 0 {
+		m.dbusCon.ReleaseInhibitLock(m.inhibitLock)
+	}
 	m.inhibitLock = lock
 	return nil
 }