diff --git a/bin/swift-account-info b/bin/swift-account-info
index 554f5e0095..e9ae188dca 100755
--- a/bin/swift-account-info
+++ b/bin/swift-account-info
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import sys
 from optparse import OptionParser
 
 from swift.cli.info import print_info, InfoSystemExit
+from swift.common.exceptions import LockTimeout
 
 
 def run_print_info(args, opts):
@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@ def run_print_info(args, opts):
         print_info('account', *args, **opts)
     except InfoSystemExit:
         sys.exit(1)
-    except sqlite3.OperationalError as e:
+    except (sqlite3.OperationalError, LockTimeout) as e:
         if not opts.get('stale_reads_ok'):
             opts['stale_reads_ok'] = True
             print('Warning: Possibly Stale Data')
diff --git a/bin/swift-container-info b/bin/swift-container-info
index 136e489192..cbb10b6ec0 100755
--- a/bin/swift-container-info
+++ b/bin/swift-container-info
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import sys
 from optparse import OptionParser
 
 from swift.cli.info import print_info, InfoSystemExit
+from swift.common.exceptions import LockTimeout
 
 
 def run_print_info(args, opts):
@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@ def run_print_info(args, opts):
         print_info('container', *args, **opts)
     except InfoSystemExit:
         sys.exit(1)
-    except sqlite3.OperationalError as e:
+    except (sqlite3.OperationalError, LockTimeout) as e:
         if not opts.get('stale_reads_ok'):
             opts['stale_reads_ok'] = True
             print('Warning: Possibly Stale Data')