diff --git a/mobile/android/base/db/BrowserProvider.java.in b/mobile/android/base/db/BrowserProvider.java.in
index af5f70c79393..caa6366b07c7 100644
--- a/mobile/android/base/db/BrowserProvider.java.in
+++ b/mobile/android/base/db/BrowserProvider.java.in
@@ -1774,6 +1774,7 @@ public class BrowserProvider extends ContentProvider {
             // commands in parallel using multiple connections.
             if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= 11) {
                 db.enableWriteAheadLogging();
+                db.setLockingEnabled(false);
             } else {
                 // Pre-Honeycomb, we can do some lesser optimizations.
                 cursor = null;
diff --git a/mobile/android/base/db/TabsProvider.java.in b/mobile/android/base/db/TabsProvider.java.in
index 2259b6fa9a59..e855f509d5c4 100644
--- a/mobile/android/base/db/TabsProvider.java.in
+++ b/mobile/android/base/db/TabsProvider.java.in
@@ -196,6 +196,7 @@ public class TabsProvider extends ContentProvider {
             // commands in parallel using multiple connections.
             if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= 11) {
                 db.enableWriteAheadLogging();
+                db.setLockingEnabled(false);
             } else {
                 // Pre-Honeycomb, we can do some lesser optimizations.
                 cursor = null;