diff --git a/ejabberdctl.template b/ejabberdctl.template
index dca23fe81..6b06226ac 100755
--- a/ejabberdctl.template
+++ b/ejabberdctl.template
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ ctl()
         # concurrent invocations using a bound
         # number of atoms
         for N in `seq 1 $MAXCONNID`; do
-            CTL_CONN="ejabberdctl-$N"
+            CTL_CONN="ctl-$N-${ERLANG_NODE}"
             CTL_LOCKFILE="$CONNLOCKDIR/$CTL_CONN"
             (
                 exec 8>"$CTL_LOCKFILE"