1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/mongo/db/s/config/configsvr_shard_collection_command.cpp b/src/mongo/db/s/config/configsvr_shard_collection_command.cpp
index 64b2249fbfb..a42e0b87659 100644
--- a/src/mongo/db/s/config/configsvr_shard_collection_command.cpp
+++ b/src/mongo/db/s/config/configsvr_shard_collection_command.cpp
@@ -895,15 +895,17 @@ public:
         // Make sure the cached metadata for the collection knows that we are now sharded
         catalogCache->invalidateShardedCollection(nss);
 
-        // Free the distlocks to allow the splits and migrations below to proceed.
+        // Free the collection distlock to allow the splits and migrations below to proceed. These
+        // operations do not take the database distlocks.
         collDistLock.reset();
-        dbDistLock.reset();
-        backwardsCompatibleDbDistLock.reset();
 
         // Step 7. Migrate initial chunks to distribute them across shards.
         migrateAndFurtherSplitInitialChunks(
             opCtx, nss, numShards, shardIds, isEmpty, shardKeyPattern, allSplits);
 
+        dbDistLock.reset();
+        backwardsCompatibleDbDistLock.reset();
+
         return true;
     }